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.
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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.
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/ 26 September 2009
Strike Matsepe used his savings to buy a plot of land near the country’s biggest steel mill, hoping it would become a thriving farm in his old age.
Robot fish developed by British scientists are to be released into the sea off the north of Spain to detect pollution.
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/ 15 October 2008
Water coming out of Durban’s taps is safe to drink and residents do not need to fear reported mercury contamination at Inanda Dam, say authorities.
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/ 13 October 2008
The Eastern Cape health department has warned residents of the Mqanduli area that river water has been contaminated with sewage.
"Black cloud", a mass of polluted air that darkens the skies of the Egyptian capital in October and November, is less severe this year.
Millions of people will die from respiratory illness and lung cancer in China if nothing is done to reduce smoking and fuel burning indoors.
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/ 17 September 2008
Radioactive waste outside mining areas in the catchment of the Wonderfonteinspruit poses no risk to the public, according to experts.
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/ 4 September 2008
Water tests have raised questions over accusations made against Anglo Platinum that it was polluting the drinking water of two communities.
Robert Cabrales is preparing to take a bus-load of sightseers on a journey that he says aims to expose the city’s ”dirty little secrets”.
Australian mining giant Equinox Minerals is developing Zambia’s Lumwana Copper Mine to take advantage of strong prices for copper.
Man-made pollution is spreading a growing number of suffocating dead zones across the world’s seas with disastrous consequences for marine life.
The tiny village if Kamikatsu, in the densely wooded mountains of Shikoku island in south-west Japan, has a new obsession: rubbish.