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Government’s proposed carbon offset system is in line with efforts to help South Africa make the transition to a low carbon, greener economy, maintained National Treasury. The carbon offset regulations were developed jointly by the National Treasury, the Department of Energy and the Department of Environmental Affairs and set out the procedure for the use of carbon offsets by taxpayers to bring down their carbon tax costs.
Overtaxed South African consumers cannot afford the proposed carbon tax which may not even achieve its goal of reducing green house gas emissions, said the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) on Friday. National Treasury expects to launch the draft carbon tax bill in August or September this year, with recent announcements indicating the tax will be implemented early in 2017.
ISO50001 turns 5 years old today with the first edition being published on the 15th of June 2011.
Using energy efficiently helps organizations save money as well as helping to conserve resources and tackle climate change. ISO50001 supports organizations in all sectors to use energy more efficiently, through the development of an energy management system (EnMS).
If you are interested in implementing ISO50001, looking for an internal auditor, require training or simple would like to know more – please contact Jessica on 021 671 1660 or jessica@ecoimpact.co.za.
A huge treasure trove of fossils, including of some species that have not been documented by scientists before, has been discovered during construction work on the N2 highway near Grahamstown.
Eco Impact has joined the Western Cape Government’s 110% Green initiative. The initiative calls on all organisations to commit to the Green Economy. At the launch of the initiative the Western Cape Premier, Helen Zille, stated that it is a call for 110% commitment – “that is what is needed to make the paradigm shift to connect environmental preservation and economic growth. It is also a call for 10% impact – at the very least. 110% Green aims to be a catalyst to build a critical mass of activity that puts the Western Cape well on the road to becoming Africa’s Green Economic Hub – a key economic goal of the Western Cape Government.”
On Sunday, 22 May, South Africans, along with the rest of world celebrated International Day for Biological Diversity. Not only is this a reason to revel in nature, but it is also a reminder of what we as citizens should be doing to help conserve the biodiversity in South Africa.
Legislation around issues of health and safety in mines should be tightened, chairperson of portfolio Committee on mineral resources Sahlulele Luzipho said on Friday.“Mining in South Africa should not be like going to war, where death is a legitimate and real expectation,” he said following the discovery of a miner’s body at Impala Platinum’s mine in Rustenberg.
A gas leak at a Sea Point building resulted in 13 people being taken to hospital and the area being evacuated, the City of Cape Town confirmed on Friday. At 09:00 the City Parks building was evacuated after two men inhaled what smelled like chlorine, said mayoral committee member for safety and security JP Smith.
The government says operating mines should pay two-thirds of the cost of cleaning up toxic water pollution caused by more than 100 years of mining in Gauteng. A long-term plan to treat so-called acid mine drainage will cost as much as R12bn and be implemented by February 2020, Water Affairs and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane said in Germiston on Wednesday
The mining sector would pay 67% of a multi-billion-rand acid mine water treatment plant in Gauteng, Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane said on Wednesday.She did not indicate when it would be completed. The first phase, implemented in April 2011 was an “emergency works” project – an interim remedy until a permanent and sustainable solution was developed. The second phase was the treatment plant.
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