Reducing the energy bill helps lower your contribution to climate change.
Negotiations for a new protocol to reduce carbon emissions have been slow but temperatures continue to rise.
A commonly held view is that the private sector has large amounts of capital and is not investing it in low-carbon and other development projects.
Research shows that the global concentration of CO2 emissions has risen to a level not seen in two million years.
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South African companies are facing heavy taxes for their carbon emissions, but will this mean less tax for individuals?
A new initiative of the World Bank and United Nations aims to ensure access to electricity for "everyone in the world".
The department of energy is pushing ahead with procuring renewable energy projects with a value totalling about R70-billion.
In a bid to pressure France and Spain into agreeing to direct negotiations, the Basque separatist group ETA says it has set up a delegation for talks.
A car bomb exploded outside a Civil Guard barracks in the northern Spanish city of Burgos early on Wednesday, injuring 46 people.
Four bombs exploded at popular seaside resorts in Cantabria, northern Spain on Sunday, after warning calls from the Basque separatist group, ETA.
A car bomb exploded on Friday close to a Guardia Civil police station in Calahorra, a town in the Rioja region of northern Spain, after a warning from the Basque separatist group ETA, Spanish media reported. The media reported no serious injuries but said the bomb warning had disrupted a Holy Week procession.
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/ 31 October 2007
A Spanish court on Wednesday convicted 21 people of involvement in the 2004 Madrid train bombings, but acquitted a man accused of helping mastermind the al-Qaeda-inspired attack that claimed nearly 200 lives. The heaviest sentences were handed out to two Moroccans and a Spaniard, Jose Emilio Suarez Trashorras.
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/ 31 October 2007
A Spanish court will deliver verdicts on Wednesday on 28 people accused of playing a role in the 2004 Madrid train bombings, ending a politically charged trial into Europe’s deadliest al-Qaeda inspired attack. Ten bombs ripped through four commuter trains early on March 11 2004, strewing the tracks with bodies. The Islamist bombings killed 191 people and injured 1 800.