Eskom aiming to slash particulate matter pollution by 70% in a decade
South Africa’s state power utility, stung by reports about the health impacts of emissions from burning coal, said it’s spending billions of dollars to reduce them and has an ambitious target to reduce output of one of its...
How long South Africa will still use coal power stations
In the rolling hills of South Africa’s Mpumalanga province, hundreds of builders, welders and engineers are putting the final touches to a gigantic new power station that’s set to burn as much as 15 million tonnes of coal a year until it...
Greenpeace wants Bitcoin code to change to be less power hungry
Bitcoin is about to face a fresh onslaught over its damaging environmental footprint.
Several climate activist groups including Greenpeace and crypto billionaire Chris Larsen are launching a “Change the Code, Not the Climate”...
We’re taking the Energy Minister to court: Greenpeace
Greenpeace Africa announced it has filed papers in the Pretoria High Court to compel the Minister of Energy to update the country’s completely inadequate nuclear liability regulations
Eskom apologises for spying on environmental groups
Eskom apologised on Monday for using a private security company at the Medupi power station in Limpopo to spy on environmental bodies.
Facebook mustn't use coal power says Greenpeace
Greenpeace said about 500,000 Facebook users have urged the world's largest online social network to abandon plans to buy electricity from a coal-based energy company for its new data center in the U.S.