(par 9.7.2.2) Toxic Environment – Heavy Industry and Eskom Power
Toxic environment: Heavy industry and Eskom power imperatives ‘cannot trump people’s rights to healthy air’, court hears https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-05-17-toxic-environment-heavy-industry-and-eskom-power-imperatives-cannot-trump-peoples-rights-to-healthy-air-court-hears/ By Tony Carnie Heavy industries and Eskom power stations on the Highveld play a vital role in sustaining South Africa’s economy, but this cannot be used to justify the excessive levels of air pollution that ‘kill 10,000 people each […]
(par 9.5.2.2 ) With pollinators in decline around the world, conservationists turn to traditional farmers
With pollinators in decline around the world, conservationists turn to traditional farmers for answers https://theworld.org/stories/2016-03-01/pollinators-decline-around-world-conservationists-turn-traditional-farmers Muhammad Mahdi Karim/Wikimedia Commons In northwestern India, the Himalaya Mountains rise sharply out of pine and cedar forests. The foothills of the Kullu Valley are blanketed with apple trees beginning to bloom. It’s a cool spring morning, and Lihat Ram, […]
(par 7.5.2) Government proposes carbon offset plan
Government proposes carbon offset plan https://www.iol.co.za/news/government-proposes-carbon-offset-plan-1682718 Written by Tony Carnie Durban – The government has announced new policy plans to soften the financial impact on business and industry when South Africa introduces the first tax on carbon in January 2016. A paper published by the National Treasury this week suggests that the new “carbon offsets” […]