The 4 per 1000 Initiative recently launched a new digital hub that is set to enable international collaboration between scientists, farmers and financiers aimed at reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by capturing more carbon in the planet’s...
Scientists at the University of Dundee have discovered that E. coli bacteria could play a crucial role in capturing and storing carbon dioxide. Professor Frank Sargent and colleagues at the University of Dundee’s School of Life Sciences, working...
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...
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...
The Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, has published the notice of intention to declare the greenhouse gases as priority air pollutants, under law. The greenhouse gases to be declared as priority pollutants include: carbon dioxide...
Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) staff took some time off their busy schedules to celebrate the end of the 2013 Arbor Week with learners of the Con Amore School for the Mentally Challenged in Esther Park, Kempton Park. The school provides...
A carbon tax will come into effect from 2015, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan announced in Parliament during the tabling of his Budget Speech on 27 February 2013. “Government proposed to price carbon by way of a carbon tax, at the rate of R120 per...
As the SU Wordfees (Wordfest) takes place in Stellenbosch, university students along with scholars from local schools will team up again for the Trees for Words project in an effort to reduce the carbon footprint of the event. Some 500 “spekbome”,...
The City of Cape Town’s Scientific Services Branch has detected unusual levels of algae have been detected in the water of Newlands Upper and Molteno reservoirs. According to the City, these algae pose no medical risk to the public but create a...
