Green economy a boost for youth jobs
Source: News 24
Cape Town :: South Africa | updated 2013-06-17 12:34:46 -0700 | green-news
The waste sector is vital to the generation of jobs within the green economy, Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa said on Monday. "It is in this light that the department is increasingly expanding its programmes in job creation...
South Sudan: Thousands Face Death in Swamps As Govt Blocks Aid - MSF
Source: Africa Headlines
Cape Town :: South Africa | updated 2013-06-17 10:27:47 -0700 | green-news
Nairobi Thousands of South Sudanese hiding out in malaria-infested swamps will die unless the government allows humanitarian aid in, the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Friday. In early May, some 120,000 people fled into the bush because...
In South Africa, Chinese tigers claw their way back to life
Source: The Globe & Mail
Cape Town :: South Africa | updated 2013-06-16 20:56:15 -0700 | green-news
The 45,000-kilogram sperm whale, whose muscle myoglobin is measured at 7 per cent, can spend 73 minutes under water without oxygen. Reuters Video video Despite the occasional death, the rewilding project under way here has created a surprising new chance...
Eskom to invest R1bn in gas projects
Source: News 24
Cape Town :: South Africa | updated 2013-06-16 06:30:00 -0700 | green-news
Eskom intends on investing R1bn over the next five years in underground coal gasification (UCG) research projects, according to the Sunday Times . UCG is a mining method of converting in-situ coal reserves into gas, which Eskom plans to use...
Rhino poaching: Ministers in 'frank' talks
Source: News 24
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated 2013-06-15 09:26:33 -0700 | green-news
Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa and Mozambican Tourism Minister Carvalho Muaria will take concrete action to combat rhino poaching, her department said on Saturday. "We had very frank discussions with our counterparts in Mozambique and we are glad that we...
Africa: Cape's Roaring Lion Claims Africa's Finest Accolade, Statement By Anton Bredell, Minister of ...
Source: All Africa
Cape Town :: South Africa | updated 2013-06-10 06:59:49 -0700 | green-news
It is with great pride that I can confirm that Africa's Finest, an ecotourism project that celebrates the top "green" lodges in Africa, has recently selected Gamkaberg Nature Reserve in the Klein Karoo as one of its top 50 facilities...
Spare potato seed land for food security, says ADC
Source: Daily Nation
Cape Town :: South Africa | updated 2013-06-09 07:58:18 -0700 | green-news
Rating In Summary The government plans to settle nearly 1,000 IDPs on Rose Farm, now christened Enchili farm, in Mau Narok, Nakuru County. The country is staring at a potato seed production crisis if the government settles thousands of IDPs...
Rhino death toll continues to spiral
Source: News 24
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated 2013-06-07 11:21:53 -0700 | green-news
The number of rhino poached since the beginning of the year has risen to 394, environmental affairs said on Friday...Spokesperson Albi Modise said the Kruger National Park (KNP) remained the hardest hit, with 257 rhino killed in the park since...
North West farmers battling drought
Source: News 24
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated 2013-06-06 12:45:45 -0700 | green-news
Farmers in the central part of the North West have suffered losses amounting to almost R2bn due to the prevailing drought conditions, Beeld reported on Thursday. In the western part of the province, farmers were even worse off, Agri North...
South Island search for platinum planned
Source: Wellington Dominion
Cape Town :: South Africa | updated 2013-06-05 11:07:10 -0700 | green-news
Exploratory mining rights for platinum could be granted over land used to film The Hobbit . The Government yesterday unveiled a plan to open 4422 square kilometres of land, mainly around Nelson and the upper West Coast, to exploration for...
India lags behind China in tackling climate change: Expert
Source: The Economic Times
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated 2013-06-03 02:11:10 -0700 | green-news
Based in the US, India-born Limaye singled out the South Asian country's temperament in implementing strategy as the reason for this situation. "The capacity to implement from the private sector, which outdoes China anytime, is there, but the bureaucracy from...
City Power threatens cut-offs
Source: News 24
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated 2013-05-30 22:49:19 -0700 | green-news
Johannesburg residents whose electricity meters are inaccessible to meter readers could have their electricity cut off, City Power said on Thursday. "We recognise that many customers may not be available to grant access to their properties when our meter readers...
Google invests $12 million in South African solar farm
Source: Contra Costa Times
Cape Town :: South Africa | updated 2013-05-30 13:07:39 -0700 | green-news
Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Program. The government has set an aggressive goal of generating 18,000 megawatts of renewable energy by 2030...The Jasper Power Plant project is Google's 12th renewable energy project to date. In January, Google announced that...
Equity takes centre stage
Source: IRIN
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated 2013-05-30 08:53:51 -0700 | green-news
As aid officials haggle over ways to reduce developing countries' disasters risks, they are increasingly looking to target the inequalities that make some communities more vulnerable than others. These inequalities fell under the spotlight at the recently concluded Global Platform...
Responding to Namibia's drought crisis
Source: IRIN
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated 2013-05-30 06:59:00 -0700 | green-news
Namibia, already the driest country in sub-Saharan Africa, is experiencing a severe drought, with some regions receiving the lowest seasonal rainfall in three decades, according to figures released by the country's meteorological service this week...Government has declared an emergency not...
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