Vietnam to dispel rhino horn myths

A meeting between Vietnam and South Africa revealed that the Vietnamese were completely unaware of the scale of the horn-smuggling racket on its soil.

Sanlam aims to free 'economic slaves'

Financial giant Sanlam has launched a new education foundation to help equip young South Africans with the financial literacy to improve their lives.

Plan now before taps run dry

Ask people where water comes from and they're likely to answer: "a tap".

Carbon tax imminent, says treasury

Sasol and Eskom, SA's biggest emitters, will be most affected, but they could just pass on the cost.

Will Prince William name new iris after his English rose?

The online charity auction for the right to name South Africa's most recently discovered flower species has already drawn a bid of R60 000.

Green revolution starts to take root

Private companies and banks itching to enter alternative energy market, writes Lionel Faull.

WWF questions integrity of Nersa hearings

WWF on Tuesday questioned the integrity of the National Energy Regulator of South Africa's (Nersa) public hearings into Eskom's proposed tariff hike.

WWF: Major Asian cities face climate disaster

Low-lying and impoverished Asian coastal cities are vulnerable to "brutal" damage from climate change without global action, WWF warned on Thursday.

End the carbon spending spree

The world has already spent 40% of its allotted carbon budget since 1990 and has little more than half of what it is allowed to spend until 2100.

ABB/WWF initiative on renewables: Call for proposals

ABB and the WWF have an international partnership that seeks to promote leadership in sustainability and alternative energy solutions

World’s water dries up

South Africans should brace themselves for a severely water-stressed future, a WWF report warns.

Warmer world threatens 'Happy Feet' penguins

More than half of the colonies of Antarctica's penguins face decline or being wiped out if the world warms by two degrees Celsius, says a new report.

'Clock ticking' on global warming

Time is running out in the fight against global warming, the United Nations's top climate change official warned as new talks got under way.

Confused sea turtles march into Italian restaurant

About 60 newly hatched sea turtles lost their way during their ritual passage to the sea and marched into an Italian restaurant instead.

Biggest firms call for huge cuts in emissions

Heads of 100 of the world's biggest companies will on Friday call on political leaders to agree huge cuts in greenhouse gases.

WWF: Africa running down its resources

Many African countries are rapidly running down their natural resources as growing populations push the continent towards its ecological limits, conservation organisation WWF said on Monday.

Lungless frog could shed light on evolution

The discovery of a rare species of Indonesian frog that breathes without lungs could shed light on how evolution works, a scientist said on Friday. A dissection of the frog, found on Borneo island last August, showed it breathed entirely through its skin, biologist David Bickford said.

'Switch off, save planet' message goes global

The Sydney Opera House to San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge went dark as people switched off lights in their homes and skylines dimmed around the world on Saturday to show concern with global warming. Up to 30-million people were expected to have turned off their lights for 60 minutes by the time "Earth Hour" -- which started in Suva in Fiji -- completed its cycle westward.

Biofuel investments seen as good bet

Biofuels made from plants and waste will prove an increasingly efficient and cheap substitute for oil in many areas over the coming five years, industry analysts said. As long as crude sells at prices towards $100 per barrel, there will be strong demand for cheaper biofuels.

Dry, polluted, plagued by rats: The crisis in the Yangtze

The waters of the Yangtze have fallen to their lowest levels since 1866, disrupting drinking supplies, stranding ships and posing a threat to some of the world's most endangered species. Asia's longest river is losing volume as a result of a prolonged dry spell, the state media warned on Wednesday.

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