The water and sanitation department has not revoked or suspended water use, ‘but this remains an option’
Researchers are concerned that the plastic particles in the placenta, which provides the foetus with oxygen and nutrients, could potentially harm its development
It’s the Age of Humans — the Anthropocene — and the most serious threats to our experience and existence on our planet are human-made
Four friends who spent their spare time diving saw the bigger picture and started an organisation to defend the blue
Volunteers have removed nearly one million tons of waste from the river in a year during clean-ups
Secretary birds, martial eagles and bateleurs are now listed as globally endangered
Loss of habitat to agriculture, the spread of invasive species and changes to natural fire cycles are biggest culprits
NGOs warn that letting a lobbyist for pesticide firms regulate the scientists who conduct safety tests is putting a ‘fox in charge of the henhouse’
A changing climate threatens to undermine the past 50 years of gains in public health
The power utility is being taken to court by the Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries in a first-of-its-kind criminal prosecution