South African petrochemicals group Sasol plans to apply to postpone a 2020 deadline for meeting stricter air pollution laws. The company, which announced this at the beginning of June, said it intended to apply for an extension for some of its...
‘Next generation’ technologies present new, advanced ways to tackle waste and pollution challenges, experts say. Speaking ahead of the upcoming Pollution and Waste Technology Africa conference, experts say that 4th Industrial Revolution...
The department of environmental affairs (DEA) is clamping down on all greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters. The official National Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting Regulations were gazetted by environmental affairs minister Edna Molewa at the...
A new study suggests that mobile network data can be used to effectively estimate carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOX) emissions in urban areas at very low cost. The study was carried out in Nuremberg, Germany by big data analytics...