Eskom Struggles to Reduce Pollution From 20-Year High

Particulate emissions have surged after power plant damaged
State-owned power utility is South Africa’s biggest polluter

The cooling tower of the Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. Grootvlei coal-fired power station in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg

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By Loni Prinsloo and Antony Sguazzin

November 28, 2019 at 3:45 PM UTC

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November 29, 2019 at 5:48 AM UTC

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Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., South Africa’s biggest polluter, is struggling to curb its highest particulate emissions in two decades after its Kendal power plant was damaged during a strike.