Government plans to put up billboards that will report live on the state of air in highly populated areas in the country. “If the air quality is bad, it will tell you to stay indoors, if you are part of the sensitive population… A person with...
The inaugural UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) recently concluded its five-day deliberations in Nairobi with 16 decisions and resolutions that encourage international action on major environmental issues ranging from air pollution, to plastic debris...
The latest available data on air pollution has prompted the World Health Organisation (WHO) to call for the implementation of effective air pollution mitigation policies, close monitoring of the situation in cities worldwide and greater awareness...
An estimated 63 000 premature deaths in Africa annually can be attributed to urban outdoor air pollution, says a new study by the University of Dar es Salaam. According to the study titled National Inventory of Air Pollution in Tanzania, this means...
Sobering facts make a case for wind and solar power An American report, The Hidden Costs of Electricity: Comparing the Hidden Costs of Power Generation Fuels, analyses six fuels used to generate electricity ie biomass, coal, nuclear, natural gas,...
Africa’s leaders should put implementing environment and health issues at the top of their national and continent-wide policies if growing challenges such as air pollution, vector-borne diseases and chemical exposure are to be addressed,...
Recently published findings by Yale University have added to accumulating evidence of what is referred to as widening racial and economic gap when it comes to air pollution in the United States. Cheryl Katz reports on Environmental Health News that...
The Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Ms Rejoice Mabudafhasi addressed the 7th annual Air Quality Governance Lekgotla which took place at the end of October in Rustenburg. The Deputy Minister said that South Africa’s rate of...
A new method of integrated accounting and reporting will allow companies to place a monetary value on the environmental effects of their products, says professional services firm PwC. “A paradigm shift is required by companies in the way they...
