Air Pollution Blamed for Deaths
Air pollution is responsible for one in eight of all global deaths - double the previous estimate, UN report claims A new report released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has found that air...
View ArticleIPCC Warns Against Climate Change
Climate change is already affecting lives and will have catastrophic impacts if carbon emissions are not lowered now, warns the IPCC The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)...
View ArticleIPCC Urges ‘Faster Action’ on Global Warming
Faster action is needed to keep global warming to agreed limits and delays until 2030 could force reliance on technologies to extract greenhouse gases from the air, argues IPCC The United Nations (UN)...
View ArticleFracking May Destroy SA Water
WWF says South Africa’s intention to go ahead with shale gas exploration and more coal mining could have a devastating effect on South Africa's water supply The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) says...
View ArticleFracking Gas Emissions are Half That of Coal
New study finds that the life-time GHG emissions of shale gas are half that of coal A new study finds that the life-time greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of shale gas are half that of coal, irrespective...
View ArticleCourt Urged to Halt ‘Illegal’ Smelter
Earthlife Africa asks the Gauteng High Court to halt smelting operations at the NECSA Pelindaba plant on the grounds that they were illegal The environmental activist grouping, Earthlife Africa, had...
View ArticleTKAG, EFF, Will Not Partner Against Fracking
The Treasure the Karoo Action Group will not be partnering with the Economic Freedom Fighters to advance any social cause any time in the near future The Treasure the Karoo Action Group (TKAG) will...
View ArticleFracking Debate Set to Take New Tone
The TKAG to keep an open mind on claims that shale gas may prove a ‘game changer’ for the local economy The Treasure Karoo Action Group (TKAG) would keep an open mind on claims that shale gas may...
View ArticleActivists Call Action on Climate Change
Activists concerned about climate change deliver a petition on ‘climate justice demands’ in Pretoria Activists concerned about climate change have delivered a petition on ‘climate justice demands’ to...
View ArticleAgreement to Limit Carbon Emissions
The US and China agree to limit carbon emissions The United States and China have agreed to limit carbon emissions, but the move might only be enough to save developed countries in the North. Under an...
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