A researcher says Africa’s huge renewable energy potential could save lives from air pollution

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A researcher says Africa’s huge renewable energy potential could save lives from air pollution

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For many people, particularly from western European backgrounds, the idea of eating insects is still riddled with fear and inhibition

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Rising electricity prices, power outages, increasing awareness of the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and decreasing solar technology costs are driving the rooftop solar market in South Africa

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Court applicants have argued that the company should be required to conduct an environmental impact assessment, based on the best available science, which has advanced considerably since Shell’s permit to conduct seismic surveys was granted

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The plant’s closure means that a tide of toxic mine water is rising significantly underground, which could decant into the environment within months

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Protracted effort by authorities to evict the pastoralists in Loliondo for safari tourism has led to violent confrontation

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For the first time, conservation team have now successfully propagated critically endangered species

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Birds living in hot, humid climates have evolved to handle larger spikes in body temperature

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Careful balancing of the pros and cons of seismic surveys show the harm is not worth the lost income that could alleviate hunger and poverty

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The province at the polluting heart of energy production has good wind and solar resources and can use the grid as coal-fired power stations are decommissioned

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The dam levels have been low for years, the canal transferring water from the Orange River Project to the storage dam was not repaired and the metro rejected help from the state

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The costs of climate change damages are rising exponentially. Who will pay?

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Gift of the Givers has started drilling boreholes, while Business Chamber members will help repair leaks

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To force a climate breakthrough, leaders must listen to and promote the stories of young people

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The first vehicle of its kind in the country will arrive by the end of this year and it will be rigorously tested under local conditions

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Nineteen serious tailings dams failures predicted globally by 2027

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Water is treated as if it is an infinite resource but it is a false perception of abundance

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Water is treated as if it is an infinite resource but it is a false perception of abundance

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Load-shedding and electricity prices are projected to double in next five years

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