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State tight-lipped about possible interest in Sasol’s Mozambican gas project

South Africa is in need of fresh ideas when it comes to its energy mix after 12 years of load shedding and growing pollution but the government’s silence on its in...  Read More

Plastic pollution to weigh 1.3 billion tonnes by 2040

An estimated 1.3 billion tonnes of plastic is destined for our environment - both on land and in the ocean - by 2040, unless worldwide action is taken.

The Minerals Council South Africa has developed a user-friendly water conservation and water demand management (WC/WDM) tool for the mining sector. Read More

Carbon-loving materials designed to reduce industrial emissions

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, are advancing gas membrane materials to expand practic...  Read More

COVID-19 Services

Eco Impact has obtained a permit from the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission to provide services to essential services and permitted level 4 industries. ...  Read More

Carbon Tax Workshop – 30 October (Port Elizabeth)

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Cape Town in good position even if winter rains are poor – deputy mayor

Dam levels are 10% higher than the City of Cape Town's projections for the end of summer so the city is in a good position even if the coming winter rains turn out...  Read More

US keeps air pollution standard established under Obama

US environmental regulators have announced they are leaving intact an air quality standard for power plant pollution that can worsen asthma in children, despite ...  Read More

Nearly 50% of transport pollution deaths linked to diesel – study

Some 385 000 people worldwide died prematurely in 2015 from air pollution caused by vehicle exhaust emissions, a US study found on Wednesday, which singled out d...  Read More

Africa’s first solar-powered desalination plant passes 10 000 kℓ mark

Africa’s first solar-powered seawater desalination plant, the OSMOSUN plant, designed by Mascara and located in Witsand, in the Hessequa municipality, in the W...  Read More