A carbon economy is not viable

The experts debate how to deal with carbon footprints and moral panic. Yazeed Kamaldien reports.

SA's greenhouse emissions very high, says WWF

South Africa's greenhouse gas emissions per capita are similar to that of industrialised countries, the WWF said on Wednesday.

Out of the light, and into the dark

If a week is a long time in politics, it's even longer in the dark. Today "world-class" Eskom is talking about power rationing, calling into question even the golden calf: foreign direct investment lured by low-priced (subsidised) electricity, writes Richard Worthington.

Generators to banish 'lights out' at Twenty20

The three venues for the Twenty20 World Championship -- Wanderers, Kingsmead and Newlands -- have all decided to use generators as the preferred source of energy to light the games. And this has raised questions about Eskom's and local municipalities' ability to handle the much bigger event, the Soccer World Cup, in about 1 000 days.