Environmental groups have dragged the minister of forestry, fisheries & the environment, Dion George, to court over the department’s decision to allow eight of Eskom’s power stations to deviate from basic air pollution standards, or minimum emissions standards.

The standards were put in place to set the bare minimum level of compliance by major polluters, putting Eskom, Sasol and ArcelorMittal SA squarely in its sights...

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