# Tweedejaar dramastudente van die Durban Universiteit vir Tegnologie gaan van 14 tot 16 Mei die drama Umhlaba Uyalila/The Earth is Weeping by die Courtyard-teater opvoer. Die produksie is gemik op die toeligting van klimaatsveranderingskwessies soos droogte, vloede, afval en plastiekbesoedeling. Die regisseur van die produksie, doktor Tamar Meskin, het aan die SABC gesê die […]
# The European Environment Agency says since 2007, European industries have reduced emissions of harmful pollutants into the air and water by between 40- and 75-percent. However, it is estimated that the largest installations in the European Union still account for around 40-percent of greenhouse gas emissions, and are responsible for 20-percent of all air […]
# Durban University of Technology’s second-year drama students are set to stage Umhlaba Uyalila / The Earth is Weeping at the Courtyard Theatre from the 14th to the 16th of May. The production seeks to confront various climate change issues such as drought, floods, waste, and plastic pollution. The director of the production, doctor Tamar […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof sal dié week die Green Connection and Natural Justice se saak aanhoor oor TotalEnergies se omgewingsmagtiging vir toetse kuslangs van Kaapstad tot Kaap Agulhas. Die gevare van die olie- en gas-ondersoeke sluit in oliestortings, die uitwerking op klimaatsverandering en bedreigings vir kleinskaalse vissers. Neville van Rooy van die Green Connection sê […]
# The Western Cape High Court will this week hear the Green Connection and Natural Justice’s challenge over the environmental authorisation given to TotalEnergies for exploration off the coast from Cape Town to Cape Agulhas. The risks posed by oil and gas exploration include oil spills, climate change impacts and threats to small-scale fishers. The […]
# ’n Peruaanse vlootskip het met ’n olieplatform in die Amasone-rivier gebots met minstens twee mense en een vermis. Die botsing in die vroeë oggendure van Vrydag by die samevloei van die Napo- en Amasone-riviere, het ernstige skade veroorsaak. Dit is nie duidelik of olie in die rivier uitgelek het nie. Daar is honderde gas- […]
# Duisende mense in die kusstreke van Chili en Argentinië is na hoër gebiede ontruim toe Chileense owerhede ’n tsoenami-waarskuwing uitgereik het ná ’n aardbewing met ‘n sterkte van 7,4 aan die suidkus van die land. Die Amerikaanse Geologiese Diens sê die middelpunt was 219 kilometer van Ushuaia in Argentinië, die wêreld se mees suidelike […]
# A Peruvian navy vessel has collided with an oil platform in the Amazon River, killing at least two people and leaving one missing. The collision in the early hours of Friday morning at the junction of the Napo and Amazon rivers, caused severe damage but it is not clear whether oil has leaked into […]
# Thousands of people were moved to higher ground in the coastal areas of Chile and Argentina after Chilean authorities issued a tsunami warning following a 7.4 magnitude earthquake off the country’s southern coast. The US Geological Survey said its epicentre was 219 kilometres from Ushuaia in Argentina, the world’s most southerly city. The earthquake […]
