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The Western Cape has set a target for the province to have 15% of energy from renewable sources by 2014 and by the same year to have a 15% reduction on the 2000 levels of carbon.
The SumbandilaSat Science Satellite is due to be launched on the 25th March from a submarine in Baikonur, Kazakhstan by the South African Department of Science and Technology.
The Business Day reported that a recent survey of 181 small water treatment works in SA found that 28% of the works did not comply with the faecal coliforms standard - an indicator of contamination from human faeces.
With growing awareness of environmental issues there are those green minded parents who are asking questions regarding the health and ecological benefits of reusable cloth diapers over disposables.
The European Parliament has approved a new regulation that may ban a substantial number of chemicals used in pesticides to keep European produce free of pests and disease. This will have a knock-on effect, forcing food producers to look to eco-friendly alternatives, such as biological pest control, to prevent any reduction in output volumes.
Anti-androgens are a group of chemicals that can block the male hormone and thereby reduce fertility. They are found in a number of medicines and pesticides used in agriculture. The presence of anti-androgens has been found in 30 rivers across England.
On the 23rd of January A Japanese-made H-2A rocket carrying the world’s first satellite dedicated solely to monitoring the world’s greenhouse gas emissions was successfully launched.
David de Rothschild, a British millionaire adventurer will embark on an expedition from San Francisco to Sydney to draw attention to a massive waste dump in the Pacific Ocean which is five times the size of the UK.
Environmental affairs MEC Mtolephi Mthimkhulu said on Thursday that the violent storms that have been plaguing KwaZulu-Natal over the past two months are a result of global change which can be prevented if 2009 is made a year of renewed care for the environment.
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