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Greenpeace Africa welcomes move by Energy Minister to boost rooftop solar
Johannesburg, 16 May 2019 — Media reported Wednesday that Energy Minister Jeff Radebe, has written a letter to NERSA informing the regulator that it can consider granting licences to small-scale…
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World’s most northern ice concert performed in support of Ocean Sanctuaries
Tempelfjorden, Norway, 15 May 2019 – Greenpeace has partnered with a group of musicians to record an ice concert in the far north of the Arctic. They played a piece…
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Indigenous culture key to protecting forests
Last month, while on my way to Mintom – South Region of Cameroon, for the annual Baka festival celebrations, we had a car breakdown due to the poor state of…
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Plastic monsters from around the world return home to Nestlé
Something amazing happened this past month. Plastic monsters came to life around the world, rising up from dirty landfills, climbing over piles of trash, and even swimming up and out…
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The Sanctity of Human Rights
Last month, South Africans celebrated Human Rights Day – a commemoration of a very dark day in South Africa’s history which pays homage to the peaceful protesters killed during the…
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#PlasticMonster: Pollution by the bottle
Kenyan volunteer and Miss Environment Kenya Elgeyo Marakwet Janet Chemitei chats about the country’s dependency on the (plastic) bottle. August 28th 2017, environmentalists felt happy with their progress and achievement…
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Global Air Pollution Map: Ranking the World’s Worst SO2 and NO2 Emission Hotspots
Greenpeace’s updated analysis of a full year of TROPOMI NO2 satellite data and other scientific datasets confirms that the coal-fired power plant and industrial cluster in Mpumalanga is the world’s…
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Stand together with Greenpeace for Clean Air
South Africa is currently facing an air pollution crisis From smog in cities to pollution from coal-fired power stations, air pollution poses major threats to people’s health and their…
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Cancellation of Kusile the only option: Greenpeace Africa
Johannesburg, 14 February 2019 — In response to Eskom’s admission that Medupi and Kusile power stations continue to show a lack of reliability and are not contributing meaningfully to Eskom’s…
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Trouble brewing off South Africa’s coast
8 February 2019, Johannesburg — In response to the announcement that French oil giant Total has just made a significant oil and gas discovery 175 km off the southern coast…
