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Toxic dust from an abandoned mine coupled with Covid-19 is a tinderbox

Coronavirus Sarah Smit - 9 Jul 2020

Covid-19 is not the first health crisis to plague Snake Park. For decades the residents have lived with the mine, which they say blows clouds of dust into their homes

UN special rapporteur on the environment joins local air pollution case

Environment Tony Carnie - 30 Jun 2020

The state is facing a court battle about big industry’s emissions and their link to poor health. This is a public health concern and the government must take action to save lives

Invest in children to give them a better world

Environment Helen Clark - 25 Jun 2020

This entails putting them at the centre of national strategies, but doing it without high CO2 releases

Lawyers push for Slapp suit regulation in SA as Australian miner sues environmental activists

Environment Tshegofatso Mathe - 13 Jun 2020

An Australian mining company is suing three attorneys and activists for defamation. But the defendant's attorneys argue that this a strategic lawsuit against public participation

South Durban chokes as Engen refinery starts up

Environment Paddy Harper - 10 Jun 2020

Covid-19 brought clear skies when industries shut down, but then came what residents call waves of filthy air that made them sick

Take action today and see how far it will ripple

Environment Molly Czachur - 7 Jun 2020

Our oceans provide us with oxygen, food, recreation, transport and energy; humans should return the favour

It’s time for a Green New Eskom

Environment Climate Justice Coalition - 4 Jun 2020

A better future for all South Africans is possible if we pursue a swift path to renewable energy

Threads of life: We have an opportunity to restore vital ecosystems

Environment Michael J Samways - 21 May 2020

As the world celebrates International Day for Biological Diversity, we should commit to ensuring the natural world has what it needs to survive

Covid-19 brings South Africa’s daily carbon emissions down by 20%

Coronavirus Sipho Kings - 20 May 2020

With the nearly two-month grinding the economy to a halt as a result of the Covid-19 lockdown, carbon emissions globally have dropped to 2006 levels

E-tracking marine predators to protect Southern Ocean’s rich feeding grounds

Environment Nicky Willemse - 19 May 2020

Scientists from a number of institutions collaborated to collect data on 17 marine birds and mammals such as penguins, albatrosses, seals and whales in the ocean around Antarctica

Kicking coal can improve our water supply to all

Environment Alex Lenferna & Ahmed Mokgopo - 16 May 2020

South Africa’s dependence on the fossil fuel and burning it in power stations uses 5% of water and pollutes even more

Covid-19 clarifies climate crisis

Coronavirus Olivia Macharis & Nadim Farajalla - 14 May 2020

Unlike the virus, there is no treatment for global warming except to immediately abandon economic activities that cause it

Covid upends logic of return on investment, whatever the cost

Environment Sipho Kings - 14 May 2020

"Now that fossil fuels don’t give long-term security, or an absurd return on investment, there is a real chance to look at the world differently."

‘There is heartbreak every day’

Coronavirus Sarah Smit - 14 May 2020

People are handing over their pets to shelters, but they too are battling financially

How protecting nature can protect us

Coronavirus Yvette Ehlers-Smith - 11 May 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic has hit the tourism industry hard, making it evident that the protection of biodiversity requires other forms of protection such as stewardship

Covid carbon drop hides mass pollution by only 100 corporations

Environment Sipho Kings - 7 May 2020

While individuals are doing all sorts of things that would dramatically reduce their carbon footprints, it has little effect.

Eskom lied to hide its deadly levels of pollution

Article Sipho Kings - 29 Apr 2020

Eskom says its air pollution kills more than 300 people a year. Other estimates put it at 10 times that

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