Eskom and Sasol fingered over ‘world’s second-worst sulphur dioxide hot-spot’
Emissions in the Kriel area of Mpumalanga only lag the Norilsk Nickel metal complex in the Russian town of Norilsk, Greenpeace says, citing Nasa satellite data
19 August 2019 - 09:55
The area around Eskom’s coal-fired plants ranks as the world’s second-largest hot-spot of sulphur dioxide emissions, Greenpeace says.
The level of sulphur dioxide emissions in the Kriel area in Mpumalanga only lags the Norilsk Nickel metal complex in the Russian town of Norilsk, the environmental group said in a statement, citing 2018 data from Nasa satellites...
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