Carbon Emissions Tax

Daimler is accused of hiding that it used illegal software in diesel cars to cheat emissions tests

The Saudi-owned company aims to list 5% of its shares on the Riyadh-based bourse in December

The company cannot exist in the future. But this is a country where difficult decisions are rarely taken — especially when it comes to climate crisis

The Act has the potential to mitigate environmental damage and boost South Africa’s standing globally

Symbolically, the carbon tax is an important step for the SA economy, to decouple growth from carbon intensity

The charges are linked to over 434 000 Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche cars fitted with "defeat devices" to fool regulators’ emissions tests

Government is implementing the tax in a staggered approach due to concerns of job losses

The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has jumped to its highest level in human history

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.

The Senate unanimously passed a Bill on Saturday that would shield US airlines from paying for their carbon emissions on European flights

The effects of climate change are accelerating and the collapse of mitigation trade has implications for emissions reduction.

Global climate talks are edging closer to finalising mechanisms that will steer funding to developing countries to grow low-carbon economies.

The treasury has been pushing for a carbon levy while the ANC is going after resource rents but their positions are not that far apart, experts say.

Conference on how to curb carbon emissions generates tonnes of the stuff.

Sasol and Eskom, SA’s biggest emitters, will be most affected, but they could just pass on the cost.