pollution

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom's coal power stations increasing deaths in nearby communities by 6% — SAMRC study

    Eskom's coal power stations increasing deaths in nearby communities by 6% — SAMRC study Air pollution in South Africa boosts the annual number of deaths by 6% in communities living near coal-fired power plants, a study by the South African Medical Research Council showed. The study, the first...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Cost-effective AI system can help combat one of SA's biggest killers

    Cost-effective AI system can help combat one of SA's biggest killers Air quality has become one of the most important public health issues in Africa. Poor air quality kills more people globally every year than HIV, TB and malaria combined. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Air pollution...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom aiming to slash particulate matter pollution by 70% in a decade

    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...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom says Greenpeace report's measurement of air pollution health impact is wrong

    Eskom says Greenpeace report's measurement of air pollution health impact is wrong Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., South Africa’s state power company, disputed the findings of a Greenpeace report that it operates many of the world’s worst emission sites for toxic nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    Greenpeace study finds Eskom power stations big air pollution sinners

    Greenpeace study finds Eskom power stations big air pollution sinners South Africa is home to many of the world’s worst emission sites for toxic nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide and most of those are operated by the nation’s state power utility, according to Greenpeace. Coal-fired power...
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    New study launched to investigate Eskom pollution's death count

    New study launched to investigate Eskom pollution's death count South African scientists plan to examine about 8.5 million death certificates to ascertain how many people the country’s dependence on coal for electricity is killing. The review is the first of its kind in Africa in that it will...
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    Emissions exclusion at Kusile could bring units back online a year earlier — Eskom

    Emissions exclusion at Kusile could bring units back online a year earlier — Eskom South Africa's Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., already named as the world's biggest sulphur dioxide emitter, is seeking approval to release more of the pollutant linked to ailments ranging from asthma to heart attacks...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom's coal power stations could rack up a massive death count before shutting down

    Eskom's coal power stations could rack up a massive death count before shutting down Air pollution from coal-fired power plants run by South Africa’s Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. risks killing 79,500 people from 2025 until they are due to be shut, according to a study submitted to a...
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    Environments department ordered to act on Eskom and Sasol pollution

    Environments department ordered to act on Eskom and Sasol pollution A South African court ordered the government to take measures to improve the air quality in a key industrial zone, saying it had breached the constitution by failing to crack down on pollution emitted by power plants operated...
  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    Environmental activists challenge Eskom's pollution exemptions

    Environmental activists challenge Eskom's pollution exemptions Environmental activist groups have filed an appeal against emission limit exemptions granted to South African state-owned power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. at a number of its coal-fired power plants. Earth Life Africa and...
  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom and Sasol must abide by emission limits, even if costs billions

    Eskom and Sasol must abide by emission limits, even if costs billions Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. and Sasol Ltd., South Africa’s two biggest polluters, must comply with emission limits even if it costs them tens of billions of rand, Environment Minister Barbara Creecy said. The companies, which...
  13. HAL 9000

    'Great day for clean air' German court rules that cities can ban diesel cars

    Handing environmentalists a landmark victory, a German court ruled that cities can ban diesel cars and trucks to combat air pollution, a decision with far-reaching and costly implications in the country where the diesel engine was invented in the 1890s. The ruling by the Federal...
  14. LazyLion

    Witbank Air Dirtiest in the World: Research Team

    Some of the highest levels of poisonous gases in the air are found above Witbank, in Mpumalanga, and the surrounds, it was reported on Thursday. The levels of chromium and barium were so high that a European Union research team's instruments had been unable to take accurate measurements...
  15. jes

    3G and GPS fights traffic jams

    3G and GPS fights traffic jams A system said to help alleviate congestion and decrease pollution will apparently improve the quality of life in megacities in Asia, South Amercia and Africa
  16. W

    Johannesburg Facing Pollution Nightmare

    http://openforum.mweb.co.za/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=1802461354 http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-07-21-johannesburg-on-acidic-water-time-bomb :cry:
  17. LazyLion

    Acid water rescue plan for Johannesburg

    http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/article645484.ece/Acid-water-rescue-plan It's been left way too late... but at least they are planning on doing something now. But what effect will this have on the river into which it is pumped?
  18. mercurial

    To spot an alien, follow the pollution trail

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