# Die Departement van Water en Sanitasie sê hy hou voortdurend die invloei van water in die Geïntegreerde Vaalrivierstelsel dop. Die departement se woordvoerder, Wisane Mavasa, sê disom te verseker dat die nodige voorsorgmaatreëls getref is ingevolge damveiligheidstandaarde en hidrologiese moniteringstelsels. Sy sê die watervlakke van die Vaaldam is op 113,25-persent, die Bloemhofdam op 113,09-persent […]
# Amerika se Departement van Justisie verdedig die Wet op Skoon Lug – ‘n federale wet wat die Omgewingsbeskermingsagentskap magtig om lugvrystellings te reguleer. Dit kom terwyl die state Hawaii en Michigan regstappe teen fossielbrandstofmaatskappye beplan weens skade as gevolg van die klimaatkrisis. Die departement beweer in sy teenoptrede dat Hawaii en Michigan die bedoeling […]
# The Department of Water and Sanitation says it is continuously monitoring the inflow water levels in the Integrated Vaal River System. The department’s spokesperson, Wisane Mavasa, says this is to ensure that necessary precautions are in place in line with dam safety standards and hydrological monitoring systems. She says the water levels at the Vaal Dam […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Onafhanklike Kragprodusentevereniging sê die hersiening van 82 tariefkodes vir son-, wind- en batterykrag het onverwags gebeur, met min duidelikheid oor hoe tariewe direk tot lokalisering sal lei. Die Internasionale Handelsadministrasiekommissie van Suid-Afrika hersien die kodes, wat alles insluit van sonpanele en kragopwekkers vir windturbines tot litium-ioonbatterye en aluminium. Die vereniging sê sonder […]
# The US Justice Department is defending the Clean Air Act, a federal law authorising the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate air emissions. This comes as Hawaii and Michigan are planning legal action against fossil fuel companies for harm caused by the climate crisis. In return, the department has filed a lawsuit against Hawaii and Michigan, […]
# The South African Independent Power Producer Association says the review of 82 tariff codes for solar, wind and battery has arisen unexpectedly, with little clarity as to how tariffs will lead directly to localisation. The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa is reviewing the codes, which include everything from solar panels and generators […]
# Die Israelse eerste minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, het ‘n nasionale noodtoestand afgekondig en buitelandse hulp gevra weens wegholbrande wat steeds by Jerusalem woed. Beeldmateriaal op sosiale media toon die brande langs die snelweg tussen Jerusalem en Tel Aviv, met digte rook oor die omliggende heuwels. Talle mense het hul motors verlaat en te voet van […]
# Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared a national emergency, asking for international aid as wildfires continue to rage near Jerusalem. Videos and pictures on social media showed the fires burning along the highway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, with thick smoke billowing over the surrounding hilltops. Many people were seen abandoning their cars […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad se brand- en reddingsdienste sê brandbestrydingspogings in die suidelike Skiereiland is verder afgeskaal. Die gebied langs Boyes-rylaan rigting Kalkbaai, langs Clovelly-rylaan en langs Ou Kaapse Weg na Noordhoek word as veilig beskou. Woordvoerder Jermaine Carelse sê by Klein Constantia is brandpunte wat ontoeganklik is vir brandbestryders, maar voeg by dit word […]
