Worldwide: Clean Air / Pollution

A Georgia-based contractor specialising in cooling system installations was sued after a maintenance worker died from exposure to leaking refrigerant gas at a facility where the contractor...

The Supreme Court of Appeal ("SCA") delivered a landmark judgement on April 11 2025, in Minister of Environmental Affairs v Trustees for the Time Being of GroundWork Trust and Others...

Nigeria's National Assembly has begun the constitutional amendment process, and as usual, all sorts of areas in the constitution have been proposed for amendment.

Adoption of environmental, social and governance criteria is increasing throughout the world and helping spur an increase in capital expenditures for ESG compliant projects.

*Uche Val Obi, SAN, FCIARB with contributions from Izuchukwu Gideon Okpara, Simbiat Abubakar Okwilague and Lilian Chiwendu Adat.

Historically, lenders have been mainly concerned with the borrower's ability to service its debt and the indirect environmental risks, relating to existing liabilities and non-compliance of the borrower.

In terms of section 29 of the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act 39 of 2004 ("NEMAQA"), which provides for pollution prevention plans: "(1) the Minister of Environmental Affairs (the "Minister") may by notice in the Gazette

In terms of section 29 of the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act 39 of 2004, which provides for pollution prevention plans: "(1) the Minister of Environmental Affairs may by notice in the Gazette

It has often been the case that landowners seeking to sell property upon which environmental pollution occurs, have sought to protect their interests through contracts of sale and the passing on of liabilities associated with environmental statutory obligations to their purchasers.