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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.
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Ban the Bag: Greenpeace Africa implores public to comment on plastic regulations
Johannesburg, 02 September 2020 — The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries has called for public comment on amendments to plastic bag regulations[1] which favour recycling, a false solution to…
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Greenpeace and Secret Sunrise Dance Into #PlasticFreeSeptember
Greenpeace Africa is collaborating with Secret Sunrise to sensitise people on the impact of plastic pollution through a language cutting across all boundaries: Dance!
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Greenpeace Africa Welcomes Mozambique’s Plan to Ban Plastic Bags
Mozambican Minister of Land and Environment Ivete Maibasse has announced plans to submit a law aiming to ban the use of plastic bags in the country as an effort to reduce harmful practices to public health, infrastructures and the environment
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3 Reasons We Don’t Say Climate Change Anymore
Talking about climate change requires critical language skills. Is it really an accurate way to describe one of the planet's biggest existential threats?
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Eskom court ruling kicks consumers while we’re down
This week, the high court ruled in favour of Eskom in its legal battle with the National Energy Regulator NERSA, allowing Eskom to implement further…
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2 000 MW emergency power won’t fix a broken system
22 July 2020, Johannesburg — This week, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy announced that bid documentation for 2 000MW of emergency power would be released in the coming…