Emissions

Germans vent VW fury in mass ‘dieselgate’ suit

Article Michelle Fitzpatrick & Yann Schreiber - 1 Nov 2018

Consumers accuse the 12-brand group of deliberately harming clients by installing software to make cars appear less polluting than they really were

Three Japanese automakers admit false emissions data

Article Agency - 9 Aug 2018

The companies came forward after the ministry last month ordered 23 auto and motorbike companies to conduct in-house probes

Three million electric cars by 2050 – if government doesn’t trip itself up

Article Sipho Kings - 21 Mar 2017

Vehicles powered by wind and sun underpin the green transport strategy, but legislation and departmental silos stand in the way .

VW fights to survive after emissions scandal, but it’s business as usual in SA

Motoring Thalia Holmes - 11 Jul 2016

South Africans are interested in low fuel consumption and remain loyal to VW, whose cars top the best-seller list as its market share increases.

Big polluters buy time on emissions

Article Sipho Kings - 4 Feb 2016

SA’s major polluters are going ahead with plans to offset their emissions, lowering pollution in one place to save money and continue polluting.

India can cut carbon output – with help

Article Mary Duenwald - 3 Dec 2015

Success at COP21 in Paris requires that all countries recognise the merit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s argument for "climate justice".

Big business stalls crucial carbon tax

Article Sipho Kings - 18 Jun 2015

Industry and even some state bodies have been putting pressure on the treasury to change its approach.

How Eskom’s coal kills

Article Sipho Kings - 19 Jun 2014

More than 600 people could perish every year from illnesses related to air pollution when all Eskom's power plants come on stream.

Eskom spurns air quality controls

Article Sipho Kings - 13 Mar 2014

Emissions obligations weigh as heavily on the state-owned power firm's bottom line as its customers' health and safety.

Air quality below standard in almost all Chinese cities

Article Sapa Afp - 8 Mar 2014

Air quality was below China's new national standards in all but three of 74 major cities last year, despite Premier Li Keqiang's war on pollution.

Carbon report puts SA in the hot seat

Article Sipho Kings - 29 Nov 2013

A report on greenhouse gas emissions says just 90 carbon emitters, some of which are South African, are reponsible for two-thirds of global emissions.

New Eskom power plant defies carbon cut pledge

Article Staff Reporter - 26 Sep 2013

Plans for a new coal-fired power station are baffling in light of South Africa's agreement to decrease its emissions by 34% by 2020.

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