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Environment organisations groundWork and Vukani Environmental Justice Movement argue that regulations are necessary to save lives on the polluted Highveld
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Excess sulphur dioxide emissions will pollute the air, kill humans and damage the economy, they say
National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Act introduce new offences, increase quantum of fines, extend enforcement powers to municipal managers
Bill moves towards the all-of-government approach required to mount effective climate response, but there are concerns that it is ‘toothless’
Judge says environment minister’s denial of the harm caused is at odds with science, and gives her a deadline to prescribe long-delayed pollution regulations
The environment minister withdrew an amendment requiring consent from landowners for environmental authorisations for mining activities
Eskom warns that the decision, if implemented, will cause immediate power blackouts, as well as push electricity tariffs higher
Environmental organisations say that COP26 ended with 90 new coal power projects, worth a total of 88GW, are likely to be cancelled
Unless urgent action is taken, South Africa will suffer enormous socioeconomic and ecological harm from climate change in the next 50 years
South Africa’s biggest polluters but they say they’re turning the ship around, but concerns remain over the use of gas as a fossil fuel in their proposals
The UN committee has been accused of ‘turning its back’ on the children who filed a groundbreaking legal complaint with it against five countries
There’s still there hope that COP26 will deliver a powerful pact for action
Fleetwood Grobler, the petrochemical giant’s chief executive, says the company is transitioning from coal to gas and eventually to hydrogen.
