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Tag Archives: Eskom
M&G: ‘Getting our greenhouse in order’
Published in the Mail & Guardian, 27 August 2010 In December 2011 the world will again be watching South Africa, focused on an event that might be remembered far longer than the World Cup — the 17th meeting of the … Continue reading
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South Africa is dying of growth
[This article was commissioned by the Mail & Guardian in June 2010, but not published.] We’re all on a ship. Let’s call it, oh, what the hell, the Titanic Earth. We’re steaming along at a reasonable clip, but there are… … Continue reading
‘Fired up by cleaner coal’
Published in The Weekender, August 2009 I want to visit Eskom’s proposed concentrated solar power (CSP) power station, but after 10 years of faffing, they’ve still not actually built it, and South Africa is now watching as India, California, Spain … Continue reading
