Is natural gas the key to unlocking SAâs move to renewable power?
By Staff Reporter
Themba Hlophe
AS South Africa stands on the precipice of transitioning to a renewable future and a future without load shedding, the nationâs government has selected new projects to meet the countryâs urgent energy needs.
The transition from coal and oil â which provides almost 90% of the countryâs power â to a cleaner energy source is necessary to reach South Africaâs environmental goals.
In South Africaâs new energy roadmap submitted last year, the government has set an ambitious goal of reaching zero carbon emissions by 2050, aiming to cut their reliance on coal by half in the next 10 years.
Nitrogen pollution limits safe margin for other environmental issues, say scientists
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Scientists sound caution on nitrogen pollution at INI conference
June 01, 2021
Humanity’s failure to stop nitrogen pollution could limit the safe operating margin for many other issues facing our planet earth, said scientists.
“Human activities have pushed climate change, biodiversity loss, shifts in nutrient cycles (nitrogen and phosphorus) and land use beyond the tolerance limits of planet earth. The difficulty is that they also limit the safe margin available for other environmental issues facing the earth, such as fresh water use, ocean acidification, land use and stratospheric ozone depletion,” said Johan Rockstrom, former director of the Stockholm resilience centre at the Stockholm University, Sweden.
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‘The Silk Roads in Contemporary Conversations’ is a series exploring the relevance of the Silk Roads in modern issues of interconnectivity and the impacts of changes, such as those caused by Covid-19, on the ways in which we exchange and interact with one another. These articles draw parallels from along the Silk Roads that reveal the ways in which these routes have historically helped people respond to the key issues of their time by establishing a basis for interconnectivity, exchange, knowledge transfer, technological development, and mutual respect and cooperation.
Government paves the way for hands-free driving on UK motorways by the end of this year - but insurers warn that calling tech self-driving may cause a spike in accidents
DfT announced this morning that the first types of self-driving vehicles could be on UK roads by end of 2021
Automated Lane Keeping Systems would permit hands-free driving on motorways at speeds up to 37mph
Ministers say the tech could ease congestion, cut emissions and reduce accidents caused by human error
Consultation to take place to make changes to Highway Code to allow these systems to be used on the road
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