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South Africa’s cities opt for clean energy

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Efforts to reduce carbon emissions will hinge on the transport sector
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How designing ‘green’ buildings can help to combat the climate crisis

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South Africa’s buildings account for 40% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. But the City of Johannesburg’s new draft green buildings policy aims to change that
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US formally quits Paris agreement as election hangs in balance

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Environmentalists say Trump's announcement that he would withdraw from the Paris agreement three years ago made it easier for countries such Australia, Saudi Arabia and Brazil to weaken their own ambitions
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What a sustainable Covid-19 recovery could look like

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Bioeconomy — using renewable biological resources — will allow Africa to transform its systems and create a viable economic future, global warming
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Invest in children to give them a better world

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This entails putting them at the centre of national strategies, but doing it without high CO2 releases
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The story of SA’s biggest power plant, and its little town

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Before Big Coal, Lephalale was a small town with little water and few jobs. Two power plants have changed it
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Eskom lied to hide its deadly levels of pollution

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Eskom says its air pollution kills more than 300 people a year. Other estimates put it at 10 times that
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Remember, corporations are adept at deflection campaigns

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In this moment where those corporations are “stepping up” to the Covid-19 challenge, let’s not forget their true character and where and how they have made their money
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The BMW i3 — When electric proves it is the future 

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As one of the first cars to make electric vehicles desirable, the i3 has continued refining a car that is a nice place to be. And a brilliant drive
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‘Ghost’ flights are yet another example of our polluting ways

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Due to covid-19, there are aeroplanes jetting about with few, if no passengers in them, which means those planes are releasing unnecessary greenhouse gases that will trap heat and warm this planet for decades to come
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Dieselgate sees recall of Mercedes vehicles

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Daimler is accused of hiding that it used illegal software in diesel cars to cheat emissions tests
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The commons, not the market

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Greening the financial system is essential, but the environment can’t be shoehorned into the logic of finance
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Motoring dreams for the future, now

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Technology that would have been the stuff of dreams in the past decade is quickly coming to life. Practical, silly or bombastic, it’s news that has heads turning, writes Luke Feltham
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The path to a zero carbon future

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The transition to a decarbonised economy based on water, wind and solar energy will save trillions, plus people’s lives and climate crisis costs
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South Africa has huge ‘green fuels’ potential. But it needs to act now

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South Africa needs to seriously start thinking about shifting its energy focus. This is for two reasons. The first is that the country’s important...
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Pay-TV inquiry probes the Multichoice monopoly

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Africa’s largest subscription television operator says it is under threat amid the emerging popularity of global platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime

Covid-overflow hospital in ruins as SIU investigates

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A high-level probe has begun into hundreds of millions of rand spent by the Gauteng health department to refurbish a hospital that is now seven months behind schedule – and lying empty

​No apology or comfort as another Marikana mother dies without justice

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Nomawethu Ma’Bhengu Sompeta, whose funeral will be held this weekend, was unequivocal in calling out the government for its response to the Marikana massacre

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