The department of mineral resources has been left with a R30-billion rehabilitation bill to clean up the damage left by failed mining firms.
Carbon dioxide dramatically lowers cognitive ability, a hazard found in office spaces especially.
A hundred thousand marine mammals and a million seabirds have died as a result of marine waste, according to the Environmental Investigation Agency.
The International Monetary Fund says environmental costs and taxes borne by society for fossil fuels are R63-trillion a year, or R2-million a second.
The major air polluters had until April to get their act together, but a loophole in the law means corporates can ask for more postponements.
With nowhere else to live, many seek refuge in the radiation wastelands in Gauteng, unaware of the deadly dangers the abandoned mining areas present.
In a pioneering move, a wave glider has been sent out to sea from Cape Town to measure pollution around Antarctica.
An environmental campaigner from Durban has won a Goldman Environment award as an acknowledgement of his work in shutting down a landfill in the city.
Bosveld Phosphates has leaked polluted water into the Selati River, which flows through the Kruger National Park.
A landmark court ruling has ensured that directors can be held liable for the environmental damage done by their companies.
Badly designed, poorly laid out and under pressure – the data centre is on the verge of becoming the environmental bad boy, writes Andrew Oldfield.
While South African companies lead the world in disclosing their carbon emissions, they are doing little to lower them.
Beijing is waging a war against air pollution, one barbecue at a time.
Blyvooruitzicht’s residents have nowhere to turn while choking on dust from a slimes dam that belongs to the stricken gold mine.
Construction companies have damaged an ecosystem and wrought havoc in a farming community in Cape Town and winter rains have exacerbated the problem.
Rubbish piles up on Thilafushi Island, a half hour boat trip from Male, the capital of the Maldives.
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/ 17 October 2013
The World Health Organisation has classified air pollution as carcinogenic to humans.
Two children have died because of illegal waste destroying the environment in Hammanskraal. Sipho Kings reports.
Water affairs is suing Stellenbosch municipality for pollution with only a draft protocol to guide it.
Despite their efforts to stop it, few Brandbach locals believe they can save their environment.
About 40% of China’s agricultural land is irrigated with underground water, of which an estimated 90% is polluted.
Residents of Riverlea in Johannesburg say particles from nearby mine dumps are causing sores, asthma, TB and dead gardens.
AngloGold Ashanti has been charged with contaminating water and "ongoing pollution" in Stilfontein by the Federation for Sustainable Environment.
Norway has announced plans to step up its efforts as part of "first aid" to slow climate change.
Local companies are matching the world’s best in declaring their carbon emissions, and doing something about them.
Waste from industrial dumps and other toxic sites affects the health of an estimated 125-million people in 49 low- and middle-income countries.
The South Durban basin could become a construction site for the next 40 years if all the city’s plans to expand the existing port are adopted.
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/ 7 February 2012
<b>Gavin Heron</b> explains his frustration with the amount of waste we generate.
Greenpeace sues corporate giant for damages.
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/ 16 November 2010
Mozambican NGOs have reported mining giant BHP Billiton to the JSE’s Socially Responsible Investment Index for it’s planned pollution.
Those responsible for contaminating South African land will pay, Environmental Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica said on Wednesday.
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/ 19 February 2010
Report estimates one-third of profits would be lost if firms were forced to pay for use, loss and damage of environment.