SA’s green jobs: how are they growing?
Elize Hattingh looks at green job-creation projects in the management of SA’s natural resources
Buyers, not banks or agents, push for greener homes
Home buyers push nascent trend towards green architecture that saves energy and water and reduces the emission of greenhouse gases
Peters sings praises of nuclear energy
Energy Minister Dipuo Peters tells MPs nuclear energy will ‘leapfrog’ SA into knowledge economy, lead to massive industrial development
CO2 in atmosphere hits 'historic high'
US monitors say the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere had broken above 400 parts per million for the first time in human history
This way to healthy, sustainable world
Frans van Houten, CEO and chairman of Royal Philips Electronics, says the World Economic Forum talks on Africa should prompt moves to eliminate trade barriers in Africa
KPMG finds tax is major driver of green policy in SA
Inaugural green tax index puts SA ahead of Australia, Finland and Singapore in use of tax to encourage green initiatives, with US, Japan and UK among leaders
Cabinet ‘resolute’ on nuclear energy, says Gigaba
Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba says nuclear build programme could drive industrialisation, localisation through forced investment by foreign suppliers
Business dismayed electricity levy will stay
Treasury’s decision not to abolish levy goes against budget announcement, writes Sue Blaine
Lower carbon tax ‘still risk to growth’
New plan raises thresholds beyond which tax is payable; allows offsets; and suggests ‘recycling’ revenue into incentives and subsidies to invest in low-carbon technologies
Tax breaks will help create market for electric cars
Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies says South Africa cannot be left behind in greening initiatives and technology
Opinion
Reality just an irritating detail for environmental groups
Simon Lincoln Reader
Frequently the ‘greens’ develop ideologies that rage against science, and they are oblivious to the consequences
SA firms growing more aware of water’s strategic value
It is estimated that South Africa will be short of 3-billion cubic metres of water by 2030
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Province, Industrial Development Corporation mapping state hospitals’ proximity to landfill sites, as part of plan to ensure cancelled surgeries are a thing of the pastOpinion
FACE OFF: Stephen Mulholland versus climate science
Stephen Mulholland
Experts argue the merits of lack thereof in this debate on the science of climate change
Opinion
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Treasury warns carbon tax dodgers will ‘feel the heat’
Tax aimed at changing behaviour, not revenue collection, Treasury deputy director-general, Ismail Momoniat, says at launch of second discussion document
High expectations of carbon tax
SA’s Carbon Tax Policy Paper has been published, but Alex Hetherington says a tax alone will not be enough in the battle against climate change
SA vehicle makers to get incentives for electric cars
According to the new Electronic Vehicle Industry Road Map, producers will have to make 5,000 electric cars to qualify for an incentive
More tests run on eMalahleni’s polluted air
Tests ‘raise flag’ indicating a problem, but it is not yet known whether chemicals and metals are affecting humans
Incentives for electric car manufacturers
Car manufacturers who produce electric cars in South Africa will be given tax incentives, said Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies at the launch of the Road Map for Electric Vehicles in South Africa.SA must use ‘limited window’ to become green economy leader, says IDC
Industrial Development Corporation economist Nico Kelder says SA has good policies, it is now a question of implementation, with potential to create 460,000 jobs
Bringing green acts into the workplace
Office workers are encouraged to lead by example when it comes to sustainability
South Africa’s businesses urged to manage water usage
The increasing scarcity of water as a resource coupled with escalating costs means that businesses need to become more mindful of water consumption
Waiver would not authorise higher emissions, says ArcelorMittal SA
Steel maker has Minister Edna Molewa’s support for three-month waiver of Vanderbijlpark licence conditions, which it says will ‘protect jobs, avoid steel shortage’
Printed matter not so bad for environment after all, says review
Reading a document on screen produces more carbon dioxide than printing out the same document
National green court to rule on closure of top copper smelter in India
A month-long shutdown at India’s largest copper smelter has been extended for at least another week after case gets transferred to another court
SA firms top list for disclosing emissions
Index shows SA has the highest percentage of top companies that disclose emissions out of all Brics members
Silence on carbon tax worries industry
Energy Intensive Users Group head Mike Rossouw says the continued delay in releasing details on the carbon tax, is not helping SA’s already put-upon resources industry
Metalworkers’ funds invest R1bn in renewable energy
Mibfa’s investment in ‘impact investor’ Mergence’s Renewable Energy Debt Fund is in line with the pension fund’s goals for socially responsible investment
Nuclear power ‘could trigger price increase’
National Energy Regulator of South Africa CEO Phindile Nzimande says further electricity price hikes could be triggered if the government forges ahead with plans to build at least six nuclear power stations
ABB buys US solar energy firm for $1bn
Swiss industrial group betting that growth in emerging markets will revive sector ravaged by overcapacity and weakening demand
Opinion
Bag men here to exploit us
David Gleason
The carpetbaggers are trying to persuade us that their renewable energy contraptions are the answer to a maiden’s prayer
Nedbank report points to sustainability threat to growth
Without "breakthrough" technology, limits in resources and Earth’s ability to absorb pollution could affect global growth, Nedbank says in Sustainability Outlook
More headlines
- One electric vehicle project hits high gear but another stalls
- SA is a ‘world leader’ in green energy
- Power-hungry SKA dishes may be a grid too far
- Greenpeace wants more independent power producers
- SA declares first offshore marine protected area
- Sandton buildings are going green
- Aquaculture farms can help protect endangered abalone
- Leaky taps do not bode well for the economy
- UN body backs i-Marine app for endangered fish
- SA aquaculture industry gets a boost with launch of development programme
- Waste from Two Oceans Marathon to be recycled
- Vodacom unveils solar array of panels in Cape Town
- State ‘to clear the air’ on emission limits
- Here’s an electric car that sparks
- Protecting SA’s water resources
- SA lacks analysis of its fishing markets
- Green revolution has to be carefully managed to preserve growth
- A turbulent future awaits the traveller
- Suntech default likely to affect solar sector
- SA moves to nurture aquaculture sector
- Nearly 40% of municipal water lost en route to customers
- Eskom solar geyser drive ‘misses target’
- Motlanthe backs nuclear power plants as expert wavers
- Developed countries’ subsidies for high-seas fishing ‘make no sense’
- South Africa ‘needs coherent energy policy’
- Zuma ‘skirted key environmental issues’
- Africa at a farming crossroads, but can it meet the challenge?
- New biogas association upbeat on growth potential
- Green activists demand apology from Eskom over ‘espionage’
- Solar energy soon ‘competitive without subsidies’
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