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On the 25th of April, the National Council of Provinces voted in favour of adopting the long-awaited Climate Change Bill. This Bill has been in the works since February 2022, and finally some progress is being made. The principal objective of the Climate Change Bill is to facilitate developments toward an effective response to climate […]

A legal battle began in 2003, and finally in November of 2023 the Noordhoek Environmental Action Group (NEAG) took the City of Cape Town, and Western Cape MEC for Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning to the High Court in opposition of a proposed road extension that would cut through a wetland that is

Public commentary opened in December 2023 and the second round of commentary has just opened on the draft amendments to the rules under section 21(1) and 60 of the Customs and Excise Act of 1964. One of the proposed amendments relates to the creation of a new warehousing type for imported fuel levy goods, both

In 2023 Sasol, applied to the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment for its pollution emissions, specifically of sulphur dioxide (SO2), to be regulated on an alternative emission load basis, rather than on the current concentration-based limits. Sasol proposed that it would reduce their overall emissions by slowing down boilers and other machinery, rather

On the 25th of March 2024, the Green Connection partnered with Natural Justice lodged an application against the decision by the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy and the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, to allow Total Energies South Africa environmental authorisation to conduct exploratory drilling just off the coast stretching from Cape