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Environmental courts to be ready soon
By : Gabi Khumalo Thursday, 26 November 2009 07:10

Pretoria - The re-established environmental courts, which aim to improve the conviction of environmental crime, are expected to be up and running in the next six months.

Minister for Water and Environmental Affairs Buyelwa Sonjica said that the establishment of dedicated courts including dedicated prosecutors will have a profound impact on the fight against environmental crimes.

Sonjica said that a meeting between the Minister of Justice Jeff Radebe and her in September 2009 resulted in the decision to move forward with the process of re-establishing the....Read More...

Greenwash Hogwash
By: palm oil truth foundation , Posted On: 2008-05-21

The 10th edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary defines greenwash as "disinformation disseminated by an organization so as to present an environmentally responsible public image.

So greenwashing can be said to be the unjustified appropriation of environmental virtue by a company, an industry, a government, a politician or even a non-government organization to create a pro-environmental image, sell a product or a policy, or to try and rehabilitate their standing with the public and decision makers after being embroiled in controversy... Read More

The 4 Most Powerful Greenhouse Gases
By: Bea Scott , Posted On: 2008-05-19

With global warming still in the fore and still a big issue, a lot of people are still uninformed properly about it! A lot of places are getting warm, forcing quite a number of people to head off to the beach or fan themselves endlessly. Many are still under the assumption that greenhouse gases, which contribute to making the planet warm, should really go. What they don’t know is that the primary purpose of those gases is to prevent heat from escaping into space, preventing the world from turning into one huge snowball! If they didn’t exist, we wouldn’t be able to live on this planet. This little article will tell you about the most powerful greenhouse gases in the world. Some may even surprise you... Read More

The ISO 14000 environmental management

The ISO 14000 environmental management standards exist to help organizations minimize how their operations negatively affect the environment (cause adverse changes to air, water, or land), comply with applicable laws and regulations).

ISO 14001 is the international specification for an environmental management system (EMS). It specifies requirements for establishing an environmental policy, determining environmental aspects and impacts of products/activities/services, planning environmental objectives and measurable targets, implementation and operation of programs to meet objectives and targets, checking and corrective action, and management review... Read More

Speech by Marthinus van Schalkwyk, Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism in the National Assembly introducing the National Environmental Laws Amendment Bill [B35-2007]

Madam Speaker, I am pleased to introduce the National Environmental Laws Amendment Bill to you. This Bill proposes brief, yet critical amendments that will ensure more effective enforcement of national environmental legislation. This Amendment Bill follows in the footsteps of the National Environmental Management Amendment Act 46 of 2003, which provided for the designation of Environmental Management Inspectors (EMIs), commonly known as the Green Scorpions... Read More

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