Hon. Ben Turtur Donnie

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  Serving as the keynote speaker, the Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Mr. Ben T. Donnie challenged the participants to get involved with the issues of the environment of Liberia.
  
  Mr. Donnie also advised the public against wasting harmful materials on the streets and in their respective communities.
  
  He pointed out that by placing waste materials on the streets could lead to anyone killing themselves or their children.
  
  The EPA boss warned hotels, restaurants, funeral homes and hospitals that wasting their used materials around their business centers is detrimental for their businesses as well as those who they serve; not to mention people who live within the immediate vicinities where these operations transpire.
  
  Mr. Donnie, maintained that the public should monitor and investigate funeral homes and hospitals on a daily basis, as they carry out their dumping of waste materials.

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  Published on: 7/3/2007    Last Visited: 11/6/2007  

  Ben Donnie, the head of Liberia's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), agrees that the problem is one of infrastructure but also awareness.

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  Published on: 3/25/2008    Last Visited: 8/22/2008  

  Also speaking, the Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency, Ben Donnie said he was pleased with the agreement and urged the lawmakers to see reason to pass the agreement into law.
  
  The hearing was conducted by the House Judiciary, Agriculture and Concession committees at the Capitol.

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  Liberia's Environmental Protection Agency Executive Director, Hon. Ben Donne was immediately called to spills site.
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  On August 13th 2007 we made contact with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Executive Director, Hon. Ben Donne and other relevant institutions, including five radio stations and six print media -- took them on the site of the oil spill in an effort to raise the necessary alarm for immediate redress of the ailing environmental problems.At the end of the fierce campaign, the EPA boss optimizes his agency effort by contacting the company involved.

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  According to the head of the EPA, Ben Donnie, his team reported certain level of pollution in the Farmington River and said there was also air pollution in the Firestone area.
  
  Mr. Donnie told journalists that the air in the Firestone area contains the smell of ammonia which he said is dangerous to the eyes.
  
  The EPA boss was however mindful of the choice of words when he said "We will still have to do some investigative testing of the water and invite the management of Firestone here to discuss the issue".
  
  He pointed out that there was no need to be hasty about the investigation, stating that the problem has been in the area for over thirty years now.
  
  Donnie indicated that Firestone is an international partner of government and, "we will make sure we do proper verification investigation to be sure of what is exactly happening in the area".
  
  Resident in the Firestone Plantation area have been complaining of pollution of the air and water in the area and asked the EPA to do an investigation to stop their environmental degradation.
  
  Some residents of the area are demanding damages for the destruction of their environment by Firestone.Some of them indicated that some of the illnesses in the area could be the result of the pollution caused by the rubber company.
  
  Donnie also said that further test will require borrowing some equipment from other institution in the country to have a correct idea of what is taking place in the area.
  
  Firestone was established in Liberia in 1926.

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  Published on: 3/8/2007    Last Visited: 11/6/2007  

  Speaking at the Mittal Steel first hearing before the Senate Committee on Lands, Mines, Energy, Natural resources and environmental on Wednesday, the Executive Director of EPA Ben Donnie maintained that until Mittal Steel gets the requisite environmental management control certificates, mining operations at the company will be vehemently opposed despite any passage of the agreement by the senate.
  
  "EPA standards and guidelines have been presented to the management of Mittal Steel and it is our hope that a realistic importance will be attached as it is required to submit to the EPA its environmental management plan in order to obtained absolute guarantee from both sides", EPA Boss asserted.
  
  He said although copy of the mineral development agreement has not been issued the EPA for review, significant priority will be given to the people and the impact ore extraction will be to the environment.

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  Published on: 3/12/2007    Last Visited: 3/12/2007  

  DONNIE, Ben TurturExecutive Director Environmental Protection Agency

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  Published on: 12/18/2006    Last Visited: 12/19/2006  

  The Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Ben T. Donnie, has endorsed one of Liberia's prominent environmentalists based in the United State of America, Mr. Jerome E. Sheldon Jr. of the Umbrella Management Group Incorporated as one of the EPA partners.

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  Published on: 6/8/2007    Last Visited: 7/10/2007  

  In brief remarks, the Executive Director of the EPA, Mr. Ben Turtur Donnie, said, "The focus of today's observance is to draw attention to the negative impact of man on the environment and to seek the highest political action for support."

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  Liberia : News - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/22/2005    Last Visited: 12/18/2006  

  The Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Ben T. Donnie, has endorsed one of Liberia's prominent environmentalists based in the United State of America, Mr. Jerome E. Sheldon Jr. of the Umbrella Management Group Incorporated as one of the EPA partners. (AllAfrica)

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