Question NO196 to the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment

Singh, Mr N to ask the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment

In light of the fact that Eskom is by far the largest emitter of the pollutants sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides and the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in the Republic due to its reliance on coal including the predicted increase in the supply and usage of coal until 2030, and the recent statement by the minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Mr S G Mantashe, at the Coal Colloquium on Tuesday, 1 March 2022, what are the full relevant details of how the two diametrically opposed energy-supply solutions are reconciled as the one is climate friendly and the other contributes to global climate change?