News24 Andreas Späth

COP-Out 17. Now what?

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:45:15 +0200

The Durban Platform for Enhanced Action represents little more than a bunch of promises to plan to do something in a non-legally-binding sort of way in the future, says Andreas Späth.

Walmart: Growing green?

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 07:25:38 +0200

While there have been real improvements in the company’s practices, most official Walmart proclamations involv impressive goals rather than actual achievements, says Andreas Späth.

Energy colonialism in the Congo

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:25:14 +0200

The Congo River is being touted as a perpetual source of clean, green power, but if its power is harnessed, who will benefit, asks Andreas Späth

COP 17 - Going nowhere slowly

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:49:34 +0200

I know I’m supposed to be getting really excited about the global climate change circus arriving on our shores for COP 17. But I can’t, says Andreas Späth.

Renewable energy innovations

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:25:11 +0200

The renewable energy sector is permanently abuzz with exciting new developments. Andreas Späth writes about the innovations we can look forward to in the future.

The Emotional Environmentalist

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 08:10:21 +0200

I’m often told that I use language that is too emotive when I write about environmental issues, says Andreas Späth.

Why are we still building coal power plants?

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 07:40:26 +0200

The price at which Eskom currently sells electricity to you and me does not include a number of costs, says Andreas Späth.

SA's climate change plan

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:31:09 +0200

Approved by Cabinet, the government believes that its National Climate Change Response White Paper will "give us some moral high ground", writes Andreas Späth.

De Beers’s dirty Namaqualand legacy

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 07:27:50 +0200

Is De Beers attempting to shirk its legal obligations to rehabilitate the land and foster sustainable communities at its West Coast diamond mining operation, asks Andreas Späth.

The true cost of coal and nuclear

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 08:59:19 +0200

The day when the market price of electricity generated by using renewable energy sources will be on par with that produced by nuclear and coal-fired power plants is closer than you might think, says Andreas Späth.