Costs hamper green technology growth in SA
Many in South Africa still opt for cheaper, less efficient technology, writes Alf James
SA climbs Group of 20 clean-energy log
From a 2011 total of less than $30m, clean-energy investment in SA has grown an astonishing 20,500%
Most of Africa ‘not positive’ about growing genetically modified crops
Just four countries on the continent — South Africa, Egypt, Burkina Faso and Sudan — allow GM crops to be grown commercially
DAILY NATION: Send the deadly waste back
Outrage at attempt by unscrupulous people in UK to export waste to Kenya disguised as raw material for industry is understandable
Sacci fears carbon tax will hurt economy
South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry believes the proposed carbon tax may have ‘severe effects’ on job creation and SA’s international competitiveness
Standard Bank’s Rosebank development gets Green Star plaudits
Bank’s R2.7bn office development joins eight other buildings in SA to have achieved five-star Green Star rating
Government to press ahead with nuclear build plan
Government must be allowed to pursue procurement work, in interests of SA’s energy security, Energy Minister Ben Martins says
Hydrogen fuel cells reveal rift in science policy
Department of Science and Technology is ambitious in wanting South Africa to supply 25% of the global demand for hydrogen fuel cell catalysts by 2020, writes Radhika Perrot
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VIDEO: High schools compete in energy-saving house challenge
Budding engineers from high schools across the country get the chance to develop their skills by participating in a Siemens-sponsored challenge to build and programme a model of an energy-saving house
VIDEO: Green opportunity for SMEs
E-waste recycling companies in talks to support small enterprises wanting to enter the industry
Consumers are ensuring green issues become core considerations for business
More aware, knowledgeable and sceptical consumers mean companies need to take sustainability seriously — or risk bad PR, which is easily spread, expert says
What really matters in sustainability reporting
New sustainability reporting guidelines by the Global Reporting Initiative hold benefits for companies, writes Reana RossouwClimate-change denialists cherry-pick facts to confirm their ‘truth’
As humans, our thinking and decision-making is highly subjective, but we can’t afford to forgo critical reasoning when faced with global warming, writes Robert Zipplies
Solar array project in Cape Town saves Vodacom R6.5m
Company says it is plans on rolling out further energy savings solutions in its international markets and is also looking at various renewable and alternative energy options
Cape Town eyes seawater option
A feasibility investigation into a desalination plant for Cape Town is being conducted and is due for completion in December
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More buildings in SA strive for green rating
Electricity prices drive industry to look for ways to reduce costs, writes Nick Hedley
Cape solar panel system ‘biggest in Southern Africa’
Solar panel system is being installed at the Black River Park office development in Observatory, Cape Town
More companies are finding sustainability makes sense
Increasingly, companies are realising that placing sustainability at the centre of the way they do business makes good business sense
Obama to unveil broad African electrical power initiative
US President Barack Obama to give what aides bill as fullest description of vision for US relationship with Africa
Cape Town to launch solar water heater accreditation programme
City says first phase of move towards residential use of renewable energy will be to accredit service providers to improve consumer confidence
Carbon tax will help curb emissions
But carbon tax laws can only be implemented if rising fuel and electricity costs and labour unrest are addressed, says Promethium director Robbie Louw
EIA predicts carbon pollution will rise 46%
US Energy Information Administration says energy-related carbon dioxide emissions from developing countries will be 127% higher than in the world’s most developed economies by 2040
Older farmers who smoke may be at greater risk when using herbicides
Farmers using weed killers are more likely to be treated for depression than those who don’t, but scientists say a clear link has not been established
EU, China strike deal to end solar panel dispute
The accord will set a minimum price for imports from China and in return Chinese manufacturers will be spared EU levies
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Derision meets a logical solution to energy independence
Simon Lincoln Reader
Simon Lincoln Reader: How has our energy dependence existed for so long and how did we expect it to continue?
Opinion
Opposition to fracking is not leftist or anti-development
Saliem Fakir
Saliem Fakir responds to Simon Lincoln Reader on the topic of shale gas extraction through fracking and its effect on the environment
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Not an ideal world for nuclear energy
Simon Lincoln Reader
A global nuclear omnishambles has become a reflection of our imperfections in science, technology and economics
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Carbon and a scaremongering tax
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The scaremongering about climate change and its anthropogenic nature has created a new industry populated on its fringes by crackpots
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- Court ruling ends war over tyre recycling
- Gauteng government to install rooftop solar panels
- EDITORIAL: Time to open the door
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- Google to put $12m into solar power plant
- DA opposes plans to introduce carbon tax
- Court allows top Indian smelter to resume production
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- Embrace the biotech in your shopping basket
- State’s mining, biodiversity guideline cautiously welcomed
- Carbon tax ‘a burden to commercial property’
- Buyers, not banks or agents, push for greener homes
- Peters sings praises of nuclear energy
- This way to healthy, sustainable world
- Tax breaks will help create market for electric cars
- SA could benefit as China and EU row over solar panels
- Carbon tax ‘will significantly hike costs for Eskom, industry’
- The growing culture of living furniture
- Australia to scrap carbon tax in favour of emissions trading
- State needs to ‘understand true power’ of solar energy
- Greening still has a long way to go
- SA slow to react to international nuclear interest at Atomexpo
- Sustainability a priority as forestry sector plans way ahead
- Time is right for action on climate change
- SA’s green jobs: how are they growing?
- Society, environment issues ‘should concern miners’
- Is greener company travel still stuck in the slow lane?
- Growthpoint’s ‘green’ office block in Midrand ready for occupation
- Carbon tax has an ozone hole in it
- SA among 10 to form renewable energy club
- SA must do more with the same for its future electricity supply
- High expectations of carbon tax
- Aquaculture farms can help protect endangered abalone
- Leaky taps do not bode well for the economy
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