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AIR POLLUTION

Sasol’s application for Secunda emission limit for sulphur dioxide falls outside legal framework, say Just Share

The company says it remains committed to ambient air quality improvement and legal compliance

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read
While coal producers stand to benefit from stronger prices and export demand, researchers warn that increased coal production and exports carry significant environmental and social costs, from greenhouse gas emissions to the impacts borne by communities living near mines and coal-fired power stations. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ANDRE DE RUYTER

Coal bulls fight for relevance at Mining Indaba

After a year of energy market volatility lit a fire under demand for coal, lobbyists of the commodity say it is set to stick around

  • Sarah Smit
5 min read
Sasol’s earnings have soared given the energy crunch caused by Russia’s war on Ukraine — and it’s betting on another fossil fuel to carry it into the future. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)
COAL

Sasol betting big on natural gas

The company’s earnings have soar given the energy crunch caused by Russia’s war on Ukraine — and it’s betting on another fossil fuel to carry it into the future

  • Sarah Smit
7 min read
Protestors at the Waterfront waiting the arrival of the ship Amazon Warrior . They are against the planned Shell seismic survey for oil and gas in the ocean on November 21, 2021 in Cape Town, South Africa. It is reported that Shell has announced that it will carry out a three-dimensional seismic survey in search of oil and gas deposits from Morgan Bay to Port St Johns off the Wild Coast. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
ALBI MODISE

Urgent interdict filed to block Shell’s Wild Coast seismic survey

Shell’s 3D seismic survey is set to begin on Wednesday. But a high court application brought by rights groups to block it will be heard as an urgent matter on Tuesday

  • Sheree Bega
11 min read
The global financier announced that it had approved a $1 billion loan to help the country’s shift to cleaner forms of energy
CARBON DIOXIDE

Reforming Sasol and Eskom: South Africa’s ‘carbon criminals’

South Africa’s biggest polluters but they say they’re turning the ship around, but concerns remain over the use of gas as a fossil fuel in their proposals

  • Tunicia Phillips
  • Sheree Bega
16 min read
Pressures: Standard Bank Group chief executive Sim Tshabalala believes environmental and social governance concerns regarding projects are a priority. (Freddy Mavunda/Gallo Images/Business Day)
ANNUAL HEADLINE EARNINGS

Standard Bank ‘risks its reputation over East African oil pipeline

Standard Bank says it has insisted on good environmental assessments, resettlement plans and fair compensation

  • Sheree Bega
  • Sarah Smit
6 min read
With two units at Koeberg nuclear power station likely to be out of commission at the same time, Eskom will struggle to keep the lights on, said Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa.
CLIMATE CHANGE

Eskom’s date for decommissioning coal-fired stations must consider people’s health

The power utility keeps applying for exemptions to minimum emissions standards. But its ongoing pollution is causing citizens’ death

  • Robyn Hugo
5 min read