Minister of State, Joe Harmon on Tuesday called on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to place greater focus on concrete research to guide environmental management in new and developing sectors such as oil and gas.
The Minister said that emphasis should also be placed on technical expertise and environmental management as he noted that mechanisms to promote the implementation of low impact methods, technology and infrastructure and to address or monitor transboundary movement of pollutants are necessary, according to a press release from the Ministry of the Presidency (MotP). The Minister, who holds responsibility for the Department of Environment (DOE) under which the EPA falls, was at the time delivering the feature address at the EPA’s Staff Retreat and Capacity Building Workshop at the Mainstay Resort.
