Plenty still to do in conservation
After five decades in the field, pillar of the green community worries about SA’s biodiversity, writes Sue BlaineOpinion
EDITORIAL: Biofuels paper something to brag about
The Draft Position Paper on the South African Biofuels Regulatory Framework is the last hurdle in the way of the creation of a potentially R15bn-a-year biofuels industry
Australian shark-killing policy angers Humane Society
Federal government grants Western Australia exemption from environmental laws as state tries to reduce risks to humans after six fatal shark attacks in past two years
Transnet’s Durban port plan earns ‘climate-change denialist’ gibe
Plan to deepen and widen berths at Durban container terminal runs into problems with rejection of environmental impact assessment reportBee sensors shed light on ‘colony collapse’
Scientists glue tiny sensors onto thousands of bees to track movements in trial aimed at halting spread of diseases that have wiped out northern hemisphere populations
Mining company works on preventing further pollution of water in Kruger
Bosveld Phosphate joins Department of Water Affairs, South African National Parks to ensure acid mine water does not contaminate vital Selati River again
Study uses stem cells to help treat drug-resistant TB
Patients with potentially lethal multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) might one day be treated with stem cells taken from their own bone marrow
Fracking tax ‘will promote renewable energy’
If done correctly fracking could be used to move SA towards greener future, but excessive exploitation of shale gas will drain too much of Karoo’s scarce water resources
Crunch year ahead for SA’s rhinos
Country may make breakthrough in efforts to save species from extinction, but threat looms of birth rate falling behind poaching rate
Rhino poaching continues to soar
Number of rhino killed for horns has shot up by 42% this year, suggesting government is losing the battle, though number of arrests is also rising
More than 1,000 of SA’s rhinos lost to poachers in 2013
Last year, 1,004 rhinos were poached in South Africa — a 50% increase on number of animals killed the previous year, department says
Sweltering heat settles in across much of SA
South African Weather Service expects scorching temperatures with little chance of rain until Sunday or Monday
SA research spend falls for fourth year
Report shows SA spent only 0.76% of gross domestic product on research in 2010-11 — down from 0.87% in 2009-10
South Africa missing ‘green growth’ opportunities
OECD review highlights need for better environmental monitoring, writes Sue Blaine
Opinion
Faulty science will lead to poor decisions
Philip Lloyd
Philip Lloyd: Can we not rely on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to provide us with the best advice on how to address the effects of climate change?
Opinion
Denialists’ disdain for science is a vital human rights issue
David le Page
Argument about climate change is aberration as we do not have public debates in newspapers about validity of other fields of science
- TORQUE: Carbon tax will retard economy
- Water challenges fall on deaf ears
- Nasa takes a look back at the ‘cosmic dawn’
- Acid mine water kills substantial number of fish in Kruger park
- MIKE MULLER: Wicked challenge of finding a new set of SA water experts
- South African companies ‘taking climate change seriously’
- EDITORIAL: Pollution cleanups cannot be dodged
- Report questions steel firm ArcelorMittal’s social responsibility
- SA-led group signs solar plant deal in Cameroon
- EDITORIAL: Not the right time
- SIMON LINCOLN READER: Why is Eskom the only rotter in the spy saga?
- UN talks’ faltering pace makes it harder for EU to keep climate lead
- Protected areas to help bring relief to SA’s tenuous water supply
- DAVID GLEASON: Subsidy hunting continues apace
- THAMI MAZWAI: Getting close to rhinos is a moving encounter
- Rhino poaching cost SA R1bn over five years, says hunting body
- Figures point to bioprospecting boom
- SIPHO HLONGWANE: We need Bachmans of the world to save lions
- Coal sector must clean up act, says UN climate chief
- DAVID GLEASON: Fracking adds to Bushmen’s woes
- HUGH TYRRELL: Get the message right for sustainable behaviour change
- Sharing sovereignty ‘key to float continent’s maritime integration strategy’
- SIMON LINCOLN READER: ‘Lost tribes’ of Brazil spark controversy
- Department ‘welcomes’ Public Protector’s declaration on fishing patrols
- Index on energy ‘balance’ puts SA in middle
- Scientists discover ‘wonder’ gene that boosts rice yields
- WWF turns to South African anglers for fishing data
- Emissions standards set for small boilers
- Minister floats plan for patrol fleet to fight tuna overfishing
- SKA project helps local e-school plan
- SA’s ‘CSI’ squads probe rhino poaching
- South Africa at crossroads on climate-change challenges
- Hong Kong returns seized rhino horn to South Africa
- Solar power ‘finally comes home’
- Carnarvon’s poor place their hopes in SKA project
- SA’s first nano-satellite will be able to monitor space ‘weather’
- MIKE TEKE: Balance between mining and conservation must be found
- Light quake rattles Johannesburg
- Acid water problem ‘neglected by government’
- Slinky scientists to excavate Gauteng humanoid fossil find
- SKA’s first phase could bring in R18bn
- Nersa authorises KZN biogas projects
- MPs approve changes to law on weather forecasting
- Sacci warns carbon tax must not hurt economy
- Focus on GM crops moves from farms into the kitchens
- Delay in system stunts recycling sector
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