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SA’s blue economy must shift to a just direction
The extractive and top-down approach of Operation Phakisa ignores harmful environmental and social impacts This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get…
Kommetjie’s giant squid evokes mysteries of the deep
The second giant squid to wash up on Western Cape beaches in two years was cut into chunks before it could be removed for observation.
Carbon offset is greenwashing, critics say
A marine conservation funding facility wants carbon trading to finance restoration and protection of the oceans and marine biodiversity
‘Dung Beetle’ turns tech into art and plastic into fuel
Real dung beetles make waste useful and this steel sculpture does the same for plastic
Creecy okays drilling off KwaZulu-Natal coast
Despite dozens of appeals, the South African government is determined to give Sasol and its partners the go-ahead. But activists will not stop the fight
Big deal for all concerned as small fry vanish
Krill are the small fry of the oceans, the bottom of the food chain
Everyday plastics emit greenhouse gases, study reveals
‘Plastic represents a source of climate-relevant trace gases that is expected to increase as more plastic is produced”
‘I just speak a lot of bollocks’
Daniel Friedman speaks to the world-famous stand-up comedian Eddie Izzard about cross-dressing for success, religion and being a smarty pants.