{"id":21512,"date":"2025-02-04T23:17:28","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T23:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/new_site2\/?page_id=21512"},"modified":"2026-03-13T14:34:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T11:34:33","slug":"press-release","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Press release"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  \n    \n    <section class=\"u-clearfix u-section-2\" id=\"block-3\">\n      <div class=\"u-clearfix u-sheet u-sheet-1\">\n        <div class=\"custom-expanded u-container-style u-group u-palette-2-light-3 u-group-1\">\n          <div class=\"u-container-layout u-container-layout-1\">\n            <h3 class=\"u-text u-text-1\">News Updates<\/h3>\n            <div class=\"custom-expanded u-align-center u-blog u-blog-1\" data-site-sorting-prop=\"created\" data-site-sorting-order=\"desc\" data-items-per-page=\"1\" data-max-items=\"6\" data-blog-source-type=\"Custom\" data-blog-source=\"News Updates\">\n 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rel=\"category tag\">News Updates<\/a><\/span><span class=\"u-meta-comments u-meta-icon\"><a class=\"u-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-launches-its-strategic-plan-2025-26-2029-30-with-environment-donor-groups\/#respond\">Comments (0)<\/a><\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-launches-its-strategic-plan-2025-26-2029-30-with-environment-donor-groups\/\" class=\"u-active-none u-blog-control u-border-2 u-border-active-palette-1-dark-1 u-border-hover-palette-1-dark-1 u-border-no-left u-border-no-right u-border-no-top u-border-palette-1-base u-btn u-btn-rectangle u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-btn-1\">Read more<\/a>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"u-align-left u-blog-post u-container-align-left u-container-style u-repeater-item u-video-cover\">\n                  <div class=\"u-container-layout u-similar-container u-container-layout-3\">\n                    <h4 class=\"u-blog-control u-text u-text-palette-1-base u-text-3\">\n                      <a class=\"u-post-header-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/uganda-introduces-new-green-labels-for-acs-and-refrigerators\/\">Uganda Introduces New \u201cGreen\u201d Labels for ACs and Refrigerators<\/a>\n                    <\/h4>\n                    <div class=\"u-blog-control u-metadata u-text-grey-30 u-metadata-2\"><span class=\"u-meta-date u-meta-icon\">March 26, 2026<\/span><span class=\"u-meta-category u-meta-icon\"><a class=\"u-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/category\/news-updates\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News Updates<\/a>, <a class=\"u-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/category\/ozone-project\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Ozone Project<\/a><\/span><span class=\"u-meta-comments u-meta-icon\"><a class=\"u-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/uganda-introduces-new-green-labels-for-acs-and-refrigerators\/#respond\">Comments (0)<\/a><\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/uganda-introduces-new-green-labels-for-acs-and-refrigerators\/\" class=\"u-active-none u-blog-control u-border-2 u-border-active-palette-1-dark-1 u-border-hover-palette-1-dark-1 u-border-no-left u-border-no-right u-border-no-top u-border-palette-1-base u-btn u-btn-rectangle u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-btn-2\">Read more<\/a>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"u-align-left u-blog-post u-container-align-left u-container-style u-repeater-item u-video-cover\">\n                  <div class=\"u-container-layout u-similar-container u-container-layout-4\">\n                    <h4 class=\"u-blog-control u-text u-text-palette-1-base u-text-4\">\n                      <a class=\"u-post-header-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-and-airqo-strengthen-air-quality-regulation-implementation-in-uganda\/\">NEMA and AirQo Strengthen Air Quality Regulation Implementation in Uganda<\/a>\n                    <\/h4>\n                    <div class=\"u-blog-control u-metadata u-text-grey-30 u-metadata-3\"><span class=\"u-meta-date u-meta-icon\">February 18, 2026<\/span><span class=\"u-meta-category u-meta-icon\"><a class=\"u-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/category\/news-updates\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News Updates<\/a><\/span><span class=\"u-meta-comments u-meta-icon\"><a class=\"u-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-and-airqo-strengthen-air-quality-regulation-implementation-in-uganda\/#respond\">Comments (0)<\/a><\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-and-airqo-strengthen-air-quality-regulation-implementation-in-uganda\/\" class=\"u-active-none u-blog-control u-border-2 u-border-active-palette-1-dark-1 u-border-hover-palette-1-dark-1 u-border-no-left u-border-no-right u-border-no-top u-border-palette-1-base u-btn u-btn-rectangle u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-btn-3\">Read more<\/a>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"u-align-left u-blog-post u-container-align-left u-container-style u-repeater-item u-video-cover\">\n                  <div class=\"u-container-layout u-similar-container u-container-layout-5\">\n                    <h4 class=\"u-blog-control u-text u-text-palette-1-base u-text-5\">\n                      <a class=\"u-post-header-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-signs-a-memorandum-of-understanding-with-buganda-kingdom-for-environmental-conservation\/\">NEMA signs a Memorandum of Understanding with Buganda Kingdom for environmental conservation.<\/a>\n                    <\/h4>\n                    <div class=\"u-blog-control u-metadata u-text-grey-30 u-metadata-4\"><span class=\"u-meta-date u-meta-icon\">February 13, 2026<\/span><span class=\"u-meta-category u-meta-icon\"><a class=\"u-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/category\/news-updates\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News Updates<\/a><\/span><span class=\"u-meta-comments u-meta-icon\"><a class=\"u-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-signs-a-memorandum-of-understanding-with-buganda-kingdom-for-environmental-conservation\/#respond\">Comments (0)<\/a><\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-signs-a-memorandum-of-understanding-with-buganda-kingdom-for-environmental-conservation\/\" class=\"u-active-none u-blog-control u-border-2 u-border-active-palette-1-dark-1 u-border-hover-palette-1-dark-1 u-border-no-left u-border-no-right u-border-no-top u-border-palette-1-base u-btn u-btn-rectangle u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-btn-4\">Read more<\/a>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"u-align-left u-blog-post u-container-align-left u-container-style u-repeater-item u-video-cover\">\n                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Elgon Project in the Mt. Elgon Subregion<\/a>\n                    <\/h4>\n                    <div class=\"u-blog-control u-metadata u-text-grey-30 u-metadata-5\"><span class=\"u-meta-date u-meta-icon\">February 11, 2026<\/span><span class=\"u-meta-category u-meta-icon\"><a class=\"u-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/category\/news-updates\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News Updates<\/a><\/span><span class=\"u-meta-comments u-meta-icon\"><a class=\"u-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-board-of-directors-inspects-mt-elgon-project-in-the-mt-elgon-subregion\/#respond\">Comments (0)<\/a><\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-board-of-directors-inspects-mt-elgon-project-in-the-mt-elgon-subregion\/\" class=\"u-active-none u-blog-control u-border-2 u-border-active-palette-1-dark-1 u-border-hover-palette-1-dark-1 u-border-no-left u-border-no-right u-border-no-top u-border-palette-1-base u-btn u-btn-rectangle u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-btn-5\">Read more<\/a>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"u-align-left u-blog-post u-container-align-left u-container-style u-repeater-item u-video-cover\">\n                  <div class=\"u-container-layout u-similar-container u-container-layout-7\">\n                    <h4 class=\"u-blog-control u-text u-text-palette-1-base u-text-7\">\n                      <a class=\"u-post-header-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-celebrates-wetland-recovery-as-uganda-marks-world-wetlands-day-2026\/\">NEMA Celebrates Wetland Recovery as Uganda Marks  World Wetlands Day, 2026<\/a>\n                    <\/h4>\n                    <div class=\"u-blog-control u-metadata u-text-grey-30 u-metadata-6\"><span class=\"u-meta-date u-meta-icon\">February 9, 2026<\/span><span class=\"u-meta-category u-meta-icon\"><a class=\"u-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/category\/news-updates\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News 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