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Barbara Creecy’s big announcement better late than never: Greenpeace Africa
30 November 2020, Johannesburg -- The Department of Environment, Forest and Fisheries’ (DEFF) announced Monday to pursue criminal prosecution against Eskom for non-compliance with air pollution standards and supplying false and misleading information in reports to an Air Quality Officer at the Kendal Power station, between 2018 and 2019. In response, Greenpeace Africa Climate and…
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SOUTH AFRICA’S SO2 EMISSIONS DROP IN 2019, NO THANKS TO GOVERNMENT
Johannesburg, 23 November 2020 — South Africa saw a sharp decrease in Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) emissions in 2019, bringing the country’s emissions to their lowest level on record, according to…
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Extreme weather: Durban… Easter 2019
Living in Durban has its advantages, golden beaches, good all-year weather and we always seem to be on holiday to the rest of South Africa
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Nurdle Hurdle: The Department of Environment Needs to Take Bold Action and Ban Single-Use Plastic
Responding to reports that plastic nurdles are washing up in the Southern Cape and on Cape Town beaches, Greenpeace Africa Plastic Campaign Lead Angelo Louw has said
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DMRE must prioritise energy democracy, renewable energy
This morning, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) Minister Gwede Mantashe gazetted amendments to the Electricity Regulations on New Generation Capacity.
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Sasol’s pockets swell while SA’s air quality suffers
Sasol, South Africa's second largest emitter of greenhouse gases, received a R6.5 billion boost in profits last year as a result of their exemption from carbon tax
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What we learn about power from a decade of climate change
Climate change affects all of us, although in different ways. Where do we find the power to tackle one of the planet's greatest existential threats? Not in policy, but in consequence and in people
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Global SO2 emissions drop in 2019 – Greenpeace global ranking
JAnthropogenic sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions fell globally in 2019, reveals a new analysis of NASA satellite data by Greenpeace India and the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA).
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Op-ed | Small-scale fishers’ heritage is systemically gutted
When I first visited here in my youth, the market was as vibrant as the boats docked along its piers, banter and laughter were a distraction from the fishy stench that stung the nose; but now, there’s not much distraction from the fast-spreading rot
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Volunteer Blog | Fuelling the Fire
This period is defined by the way human activities have impacted biophysical processes which, in turn, have begun to degrade natural ecosystems and the benefits we are able to obtain from them.