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Some 32 000 people could die if SA doesn’t switch to greener power sooner
People who live close to coal-fired power plants continue to fall ill from breathing in dirty air
Eskom blames high emission levels on ‘late investments’
However, the utility says has put measures in place to deal with the problem
Joburg’s big stink can lead to headaches and nausea
Sasol has said the levels of sulphur dioxide and hydrogen sulphide were below the limits prescribed by its atmospheric emissions licences
The post-COP26 state of coal
Environmental organisations say that COP26 ended with 90 new coal power projects, worth a total of 88GW, are likely to be cancelled
Eskom is the world’s worst-polluting power company by SO2
Eskom alone spews more sulphur dioxide into the air than the entire combined power sector emissions of any country except for India
Load-shedding’s silver lining: Lower levels of sulphur dioxide air pollution
Analysis of Nasa data shows that although SO₂ emissions around the world have fallen by about 6%, the levels are high enough to harm the health of billions of people.
Air pollution costs $2.9 trillion a year — NGO
The new figure is in line with World Health Organisation estimates of 4.2 million deaths each year linked to ground-level air pollution, mostly from heart disease, stroke, lung…