The Environmental Management Authority (EMA), in alignment with its legislative mandates, monitors ambient air quality in Trinidad and Tobago. This is facilitated through the national Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Network (AAQMN), which currently comprises four Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (AAQMS). The EMA continues to expand the AAQMN with an...
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The Government is considering legislative changes to make greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reporting mandatory.To this end the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) is currently finalising proposals with the Ministry of Planning and Development. Until the legislation comes into effect, the EMA will continue to engage companies on a voluntary basis to...
MEDIA RELEASE The Environmental Management Authority (EMA) hosts Environmental Officers’End-of-Year Meeting, 2022 Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Environmental Management Authority (EMA), Mrs. Nadra Nathai-Gyan, welcomed Environmental Officers’ (EOs) to the EMA’s Fourth Quarterly/End-of-Year Meeting at the Normandie Hotel on 14 December 2022. This was the first in-person...
On Friday, 26 August 2022, The Environmental Management Authority (EMA) hosted an Open House in recognition of Trinidad and Tobago’s 60th Independence Anniversary and the EMA’s Silver Anniversary. The EMA invited Green Stakeholders to showcase their work and interact with staff and other specially invited guests. Click here To View
The Incident Management Team (IMT) comprising the Environmental Management Authority (EMA), Forestry Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands and Fisheries (MoALF/FD), Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) and the Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA) continued with spill response activities for the spill incident at the entrance to the...
The Incident Management Team (IMT) comprising the Environmental Management Authority (EMA), Forestry Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands and Fisheries (MoALF/FD), Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) and the Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA) continued with spill response activities for the spill incident at the entrance to the...
An Incident Management Team (IMT) was assembled on August 11, 2022, for a coordinated and joint agencies effort comprising the Environmental Management Authority (EMA), Forestry Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands and Fisheries (MoALF/FD), Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) and the Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA) with...