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“Rotten egg” smell over Joburg highlights toxic air pollution risks
Air pollution in the Highveld Priority Area threatens lives and violates environmental rights, as hydrogen sulphide levels recently spiked over Johannesburg
Eskom plan to drop Kusile pollution controls is ‘destructive, deadly’
Activists say the deaths of vulnerable people is too high a price to pay for electricity when alternatives are available
Eskom’s Kusile pollution rules exemption to ease blackouts threatens health
The exemption will have a major effect on people’s health, say environmental justice groups
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.