Power utility Eskom, South Africa’s biggest polluter, said it will slash emissions of three major pollutants by 2035 while it asks for exemptions to incoming standards to avoid as much as R37-billion in expenditure. The State-owned utility projected th…
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Eskom Holdings, South Africa’s biggest polluter, has asked for additional emission exemptions at two of its biggest plants, a request that will increase environmental protests against the State-owned utility at a time when it’s already being slammed fo…
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South Africa’s biggest money manager has written to 22 gold mining companies asking them to disclose data on the emissions they cause, adding to pressure on the resources sector to tackle climate change. Investec Asset Management, which manages around …
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Sasol, South Africa’s second-biggest polluter, angered some of its investors by refusing to put a resolution on its response to climate change to shareholders and could face legal challenges if it continues to refuse votes on the issue. Sasol dismissed…
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Sasol, South Africa’s second-biggest producer of greenhouse gases after State-owned Eskom Holdings, pledged more clarity on plans to reduce its impact on the environment. The company, which together with Eskom also produces pollutants such as sulfur di…
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Stakeholders will have until December 31 to comment on the Global Tailings Review’s (GTR’s) draft standard for mine tailings management. The GTR was convened by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the International Council on Mining and Me…
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The Global Tailing Review (GTR) has delayed the publication of its draft standard for mine tailings management for public comment. After initially announcing on Monday that the draft standard had been published, it published an update later in the day …
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Leftwing darling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s proposed Green New Deal, despite its flimsy 14 pages total, is nothing if not all-encompassing and vaulting in its ambition. The…
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The Brazilian joint venture (JV) between majors BHP and Vale, Samarco, has been given all the necessary environmental licenses to restart its operations in the state of Minas Gerais.
The Samarco operations were suspended in November 2015 after the co…
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An expert in chemical contamination has called test results from the Ramu nickel spill into Papua New Guinea’s Basamuk Bay in August "alarming," according to a local media report on Thursday.
A spill at Metallurgical Corp of China (MCC)’s nic…
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