AfriForum filed a complaint in 2016 regarding sewage pollution and their woes have come to an end after a court ruled in their favour.
One of the world’s biggest polluters is right here on our doorstep – and this new air quality index makes for some uncomfortable reading.
Beijing warned Monday that heavy air pollution is likely during the Winter Olympics, but said emergency plans were in place to ensure the Games are not disrupted by smog.
Expanding nature preserves will not be enough to stem a rising tide of extinctions, a panel of experts warned Wednesday, taking aim at a draft treaty tasked with rescuing Earth’s animal and plant life.
Ozone pollution is not only costing East Asian countries lots of money but poses a threat to food security in the long run.
In an ‘unprecedented’ plan, Florida manatees will be fed by wildlife officials in efforts to curb starvation.
On Saturday, the Delhi government had ordered schools to close for a week and banned construction work for four days
Air pollution has worsened in Pakistan in recent years, as a mixture of diesel fumes, smoke from crop burn off, and cold temperatures hangs
Designer Lezanne Viviers revealed her project ‘Unmasked Moments’ that sees a model wear a dress made of the face masks that once protected humans but now damage earth…
A 50kg female loggerhead sea turtle was rescued by the Two Oceans Aquarium after she was found entangled in a ghost fishing net.
The high levels of air pollution in Gauteng and Johannesburg is considered even more dangerous to residents’ health amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Plogging is the combined and highly beneficial effort of jogging and picking up litter – and it is slowly becoming many people’s way of life.
Pandemic, load shedding, looting, lockdowns, and now… a pollution nightmare. Gauteng has had it tough – and its air quality is at crisis point.
A mysterious melted plastic sculpture has been spotted on one of Cape Town’s most famous seaside spots – Camps Bay beach.
The scheme was launched with China, the world’s biggest carbon emitter, seeking to take a global leadership role on the climate crisis.
It’s one of the most harmful gasses on the planet – and the discovery of a methane cloud in SA is now being investigated by environmental officials.
Manta has been created to reinforce the battle against plastic pollution in our oceans. The goal is to turn the plastics into energy.
eThekwini Municipality has announced the closure of the popular fishing beach following a pollution spill on Friday.
Durban fishermen have raised the alarm over a high volume of pollution that is washing into the sea at Cuttings Beach south of the city at the weekend. South Durban Community Environmental Alliance spokesperson Desmond D’Sa said fishermen had on Friday reported what appeared to be untreated effluent that was flowing into the ocean from […]
President Vladimir Putin was voted Russia’s most handsome man, according to the men and women of the country.
A recent study in Australia has discovered that single-use surgical face masks can be used as materials for the construction of roads.
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) deems the pollution at the Vaal River to be beyond acceptable standards.
After an air quality alert was issued for Gauteng, the government is trying to find out where a foul stench – reported across the province – is coming from.
The masks could become yet another major contributor to the ongoing crisis of plastic pollution in our oceans, with disposable face masks taking as long as 450 years to break down.
Various efforts are in place to collect millions of nurdles on the Cape coastline. Here’s how you can get involved: