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"South Africa’s greenhouse gas emissions are 20 times higher than even the United States"
- Patrick Bond -  - Director of the Centre for Civil Society

WARNINGS

Environment South Africa
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Poisoning, Carcinogens, Heavy Metals and Mining
Global Warming & Climate Change !!!
The NUCLEAR Debate
and much more........

2007 June Half SA‘s waste sites are illegal - Herald
2007 Apr Fossil Fuel Energy, Electricity Access and Climate Change - Patrick Bond [162kbs] .pdf
2007 Apr Carbon offsetting: Saving the atmosphere or salving our consciences? - Link to article
2007 Apr Can Climate Change be Cured by Carbon Trading? Patrick Bond - [93.kbs] .pdf
2007 Jan Aluminium Smelter in the Eastern Cape
2006 June Get ready for climate changes in 50 years
2006 June Climate change and energy crises: A critique of the South African state and capital.
Patrick Bond [196kbs] .pdf
2005   Carbon trading is the new 'greenwash'. - Patrick Bond, Rehana Dada - Link to article
2005 Oct Trouble in the Air - Patrick Bond, Rehana Dada - [1.8mbs] .pdf
Threats from - and resistance to - South Africa's new carbon market.
2005 May Endangered birds at risk after pipeline leak
2004 Mar From People, Prosperity and Planet to Poverty, Property and Pollution - Patrick Bond [130kbs] .pdf
2003 Jul Canadian Mining Companies Destroy Environment and Community Resources in Ghana

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SOUTH AFRICA - GLOBAL WARMING - ENERGY ISSUES
 
2007 May Energy tales get grimmer and grimmer Herald Letters
2007 May In Africa, Alcan will use power from coal Montreal Gazette
2007 May Climate change makes us forget Pambazuka News
2007 Mar Still many environmental effects of smelter not made known - in reply to this letter Herald Letters
2007 Mar Smelter proponents blind to health issues  in reply to this letter Herald Letters
2007 Feb SA must put its own energy house in order first before criticising others Herald Letters
2007 May Dirty business beware! Sunday Times
2007 Apr Television report prompted manganism testing Mail & Guardian
2007 Apr Unwise electricity use means coal burnt and more global warming Herald Letters
2007 Feb Manganese madness' probe launched IOL (The Mercury)
2006 Dec Top academic slams SA environmental policies Cape Times
2006 Dec Air Pollution, Global Warming and South African Energy Policy - [202kbs] .pdf  
2006 Oct Poisoned Spaces - Manufacturing wealth, producing poverty [1.7mbs] .pdf Groundwork
2005   South Africa: The Kyoto Protocol Environment.gov.za
2005 Nov South Africa: Focus on Global Warming IRIN News
2005 Mar Air Quality Act comes into effect GEDA
2004 Nov South Africa: Energy and Environmental Issues EIA US
2004 Jul SA wind power: not just a breeze. South Africa Info
2003 Sept Transnational corporate accountability - Insights from South Africa id21 News
2003 Mar Thor Chemicals to be held accountable for poisoning workers, community and the environment.
Groundwork
2001 Oct Damming the Zambezi for Aluminum Int. Rivers Network
2001 Sept Global Warming UWC
2001 Feb Energy and Environment UWC
1998 Nov What is the true air pollution price of the proposed Coega IDZ and harbour project? SAEP

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ALMUNIUM SMELTERS - INTERNATIONAL POLLUTION NEWS

2007 May Environment centre accuses Territory mine of polluting water ways. Australia
2005   Smelter Plants and Pollution - What is Really going on? Trinidad & Tobago
2005   Alcoa and Brazil's latest dam project They're doing it again..... Brazil
2005   Alcoa's Impact on Iceland Iceland
2005 Dec The Sulphur Dioxide Plumes of Kwinana Australia
2005 Aug Foiling the Aluminum Industry: A Toolkit for Communities, Activists, Consumers, and Workers - Well worth downloading the Toolkit Global
2004 Dec Mining company fined for air pollution Australia
2003 June Lack of monitoring highlights health dangers at Alcoa plants Australia
2002   Alcoa's Alarming Record on Pollution  
2002 Feb Alcoa to pay $550,000 settlement for water pollution at Indiana plant Indiana USA
2002 Jan Aluminium Can'ts Austin Chronicle
2000   Algoa Fined $750,000 by Commerce Department For Illegal Chemical Shipments USA
2000   Alcoa, Inc. is one of the worst polluters on the planet USA
2000 Jan Alcoa Australia admits cancer dangers Australia
1999 Nov Workers and residents in Western Australia suffer health problems from Alcoa's alumina plant Australia
1999 Mar Speaking out against aluminum giants Brazil
    Do YOU know about aluminium smelter plants? Welcome to Trinidad & Tobago......try not to breathe! Trinidad & Tobago

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