Eskom said it’s committed to a R67-billion plan to cut emissions.
reports about the health impacts of emissions from burning coal, said it’s spending billions of dollars to reduce them and has an ambitious target to reduce output of one of its most dangerous pollutants.
Last week, the Helsinki-based Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air said a government proposal to delay the closure of the plants in a bid to bolster energy security could result in the death of tens of thousands of people from respiratory diseases, heart attacks and strokes.Eskom, which is based in Johannesburg, said it has already shut down one coal-fired plant and a number of units at others.
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