Commentary
Electric Cars Won’t Save The Planet Without a Clean Energy Overhaul – They Could Increase Pollution
By Parakram Pyakurel Several countries – including France, Norway and the UK – have plans to phase out cars powered by fossil...
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Mining For Metals In Society’s Waste
By Kathleen S Smith, Geoffrey Plumlee and Philip L Hageman Metals are crucial to society and enable our modern standard...
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World’s Top Miners Keep Performing But Investors Unimpressed
The world’s 40 largest mining companies continued to consolidate their stellar performance of the past several years by delivering steady...
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Achieving Greater Energy Efficiency With Thermal Solar
By Nicole Viljoen Our country’s climate is blessed to have some of the best sunlight in the world. With the...
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Preventative Maintenance: The Key To Sustainability
By Eugene Brown The significance of preventative maintenance in the capital equipment equation cannot be reiterated enough. Benefits abound and...
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Donald Trump’s Rebrand of Fossil Fuels To ‘freedom gas’: a Pungent Aroma of American Liberty with a Whiff of Hubris
By Brendan Canavan Senior Lecturer in Marketing, University of Huddersfield As the climate crisis grows ever more urgent, fossil fuels...
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Electric cars won’t save the planet without a clean energy overhaul – they could increase pollution
By Parakram Pyakurel Several countries – including France, Norway and the UK – have plans to phase out cars powered by fossil...
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Helping Taxpayers Navigate the Carbon Tax Laws
By Nirvasha Singh & Gillian Niven The Carbon Tax Act 15 of 2019 (Carbon Tax Act), the Customs and Excise Act 91 of...
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A Radical Idea To Get a High-Renewable Electric Grid: Build Way More Solar and Wind Than Needed
By Richard Perez and Karl R. Rabago The famous inventor Edwin Land said, “It’s not that we need new ideas, but...
Read moreRecycling: Poorer Countries Can Now Refuse Plastic Waste Imports – This Could Make the System Fair
By Jen Allan The world generated 242 million tonnes of plastic waste in 2016 – a figure that’s expected to grow by 70% in...
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