Sasol Sulfur Exemption Bid at Biggest Climate-Warming Site Fails
- Secunda petrochemical complex produces the pollutant from coal
- Sulfur dioxide causes acid rain, respiratory disease, strokes
A Sasol Ltd. facility in Sasolburg, South Africa.
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Sasol Ltd.’s bid to have sulfur-dioxide emissions at its Secunda petrochemical complex, the world’s biggest single-site source of greenhouse gases as well as host of other pollutants, exempted from limits to be imposed in 2025 has failed.
The decision by South Africa’s national air quality officer comes as Barbara Creecy, the country’s environment minister, steps up pressure on the nation’s two biggest polluters, Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. and Sasol, to comply with emissions limits.