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In his State of the Nation address of 26 June 2014, President Zuma called for "a radical transformation of the energy sector, to develop a sustainable energy mix that comprises coal, solar, wind, hydro, gas and nuclear energy ". Not content with building Medupi and...
There is "capitalism" and then there is "really existing capitalism." The term "capitalism" is commonly used to refer to the U.S. economic system, with substantial state intervention ranging from subsidies for creative innovation to the "too-big-to-fail" government...
It is not usual to use an expletive in a publication like this, especially one as outrageous as the f word ... but WTF is going on with the post-apartheid state? First 34 mineworkers are killed, many, it would seem from new investigations, murdered in cold blood. And...
Agency says tripling output by 2035 from unconventional gas sources such as shale gas could end support for renewables A "golden age of gas" spurred by a tripling of shale gas from fracking and other sources of unconventional gas by 2035 will stop renewable energy in...
European Union's 2010 greenhouse gas emissions rise of 2.4% blamed on cold winter and economic recovery in some areas Greenhouse gas emissions for the European Union increased in 2010, despite the economic recession and policies intended to tackle climate change. The...
‘COP 17 cannot be a global suicide pact: we need to end the apartheid against Nature’Pablo Solón is an international analyst and social activist. He served as chief negotiator for climate change and was ambassador of the Plurinational State of Bolivia to the UN from...
We are facing a global environmental crisis and a global economic crisis. We need solutions to both – now.About the One Million Climate Jobs CampaignThe Million Climate Jobs Campaign is an alliance of labour, social movements and other civil society organisations in...
The fundamental problem facing humanity today is catastrophic climate change brought on by runaway greenhouse gas emissions. The relatively narrow band of climatic conditions within which we can function has been destabilised. As average temperatures rise extreme...
WHAT IS THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT?In the long term, the earth must shed energy into space at the same rate at which it absorbs energy from the sun. Solar energy arrives in the form of shortwavelength radiation. Some of this radiation is reflected away by the earth's...