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 exports — coal and platinum — face potential collapse with the imminent shift of global energy markets. A number of factors are driving this. The move away from vehicles powered by […]
Exhausted firefighters said they had finally brought Australia’s largest “megablaze” under control Monday, as wet weather promised to deliver much-needed respite for countryside ravaged by bushfires. New South Wales firefighters said they finally had the upper hand in the fight against the vast Gospers Mountain fire on Sydney’s northwestern outskirts, which has been burning for […]
There’s a global push for people to become vegans, or at least eat less meat, to reduce their carbon footprint
South Africa can transition from coal to renewable energy – if it lays careful plans
The Mongolian government is trying to battle dangerous smog levels in one of the world’s most polluted cities by trying to offer replacements for coal
The Saudi-owned company aims to list 5% of its shares on the Riyadh-based bourse in December
The company cannot exist in the future. But this is a country where difficult decisions are rarely taken — especially when it comes to climate crisis
Planting trees in Africa is proposed by some as a quick fix for climate change. But local experts disagree — and say their voices are being sidelined
The petrochemical giant has issued a report on its climate plans, but do they go far enough?
Operators of the oil tankers, bulk carriers and ferries plying the seas are racing to find alternatives to fuel oil as pollution rules are tightened
It’s economical, but it’s not completely mom-friendly
The plan calls for a significant increase in renewable energy, but still includes coal, gas and nuclear power
The benefits of planting just one tree are far-reaching
This is something that our sector has spent much time grappling with. It is what we are still trying to work out
Thousands of trees have been planted in the new suburb of Riverside View
The Act has the potential to mitigate environmental damage and boost South Africa’s standing globally
Symbolically, the carbon tax is an important step for the SA economy, to decouple growth from carbon intensity
The charges are linked to over 434 000 Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche cars fitted with "defeat devices" to fool regulators’ emissions tests
Government is implementing the tax in a staggered approach due to concerns of job losses
While electric two-wheelers can indeed be dangerous, the hazard is primarily to the rider
The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has jumped to its highest level in human history
Prosecutors in Brunswick, in northern Germany, said they had charged former VW CEO Martin Winterkorn and four other managers
The future of civilisation could be secured by nudging a space rock off course
The probe comes in the wake of the diesel emissions-cheating scandal that rocked Volkswagen and then spread to nearly all the major auto companies
A new report shows that the world’s biggest emitters of carbon dioxide could stop — and cheaply too
New research from the University of Oxford says there’s little point in doing all the good things if you continue to consume dairy and meat products
Tropical deforestation can release a huge amount of carbon into the atmosphere, contributing to climate change
World-first as plant sucks carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, giving potential solution for pollutants that warm the planet
Scientists modelled the world will warm by 1-3°C this century. It has now been adjusted upward, guaranteeing 1.5°C and predicting up to 6°C
"Coal use is dropping globally, with a 5.9% reduction last year."
A shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy means global emissions have now stalled.
But government will first have to sort out messy laws and clashing policies between departments