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How to save energy in your business

How to save energy in your business

Reducing the energy bill helps lower your contribution to climate change.

An activist from British charity Oxfam pretends to eat a piece of coal as a protest aimed at COP17 in Durban on December 2011.
(AFP/Stephane de Sakutin)

Bonn-fire of the vanities?

Negotiations for a new protocol to reduce carbon emissions have been slow but temperatures continue to rise.

How to save energy in your business

Power to all the people of the world

A new initiative of the World Bank and United Nations aims to ensure access to electricity for "everyone in the world".

How to save energy in your business

Finding finance for CO2 reduction

A commonly held view is that the private sector has large amounts of capital and is not investing it in low-carbon and other development projects.

SA on its way to greener economy

The department of energy is pushing ahead with procuring renewable energy projects with a value totalling about R70-billion.

Is carbon tax the key?

South African companies are facing heavy taxes for their carbon emissions, but will this mean less tax for individuals?

How to save energy in your business

Deciding who is the best at energy efficiency

Here are the eta Awards judges’ credentials.

Power lines in Midrand transfer electricity from fossil fuel-powered stations.

Saving energy matters now more than ever

Research shows that the global concentration of CO2 emissions has risen to a level not seen in two million years.

Thousands of people march behind a banner which reads ‘All Rights for All Projects. No to Political Trials’

Basque separatists field team for France, Spain ‘talks’

In a bid to pressure France and Spain into agreeing to direct negotiations, the Basque separatist group ETA says it has set up a delegation for talks.

ETA blamed for car bomb at Spanish barracks

A car bomb exploded outside a Civil Guard barracks in the northern Spanish city of Burgos early on Wednesday, injuring 46 people.

Four blasts rock northern Spain, ETA blamed

Four bombs exploded at popular seaside resorts in Cantabria, northern Spain on Sunday, after warning calls from the Basque separatist group, ETA.

Car bomb explodes in Spain after ETA warning

A car bomb exploded on Friday close to a Guardia Civil police station in Calahorra, a town in the Rioja region of northern Spain, after a warning from the Basque separatist group…

Judge finds 21 guilty of Madrid bombings

A Spanish court on Wednesday convicted 21 people of involvement in the 2004 Madrid train bombings, but acquitted a man accused of helping mastermind the al-Qaeda-inspired attack…

Spanish judge due to rule on Madrid train bombs

A Spanish court will deliver verdicts on Wednesday on 28 people accused of playing a role in the 2004 Madrid train bombings, ending a politically charged trial into Europe’s…