Tony Carnie

Tony Carnie is a freelance environment writer from Durban. He grew up in Kenya and Zimbabwe before plonking his roots down on the KwaZulu-Natal coast. After nearly three decades at The Mercury and Independent Media, writing about toxic air, polluted rivers or wilderness conservation, he packed up a trailer-load of archived paper and set up a new office at home. Mentors include Peter Montague, founder of Rachels Environment and Health News.

Healing South Africa’s largest lake paradise

Tony Carnie
21 NOV

Day Zero or Day Sulphur – new Cape Town study re-opens controversy on human manipulation of the world’s climate 

Tony Carnie
18 NOV

Lucrative prize schemes – the best way to tackle the Earth’s most pressing problems?

Tony Carnie
06 NOV

Geo Searcher crew: SA fishermen home at last after Atlantic rescue 2,600km from home

Tony Carnie
26 OCT

Turkish floating gas power ships sail into public consultation process after back-door passage to SA freezes up

Tony Carnie
18 OCT

KZN Wildlife’s future hangs in limbo despite ‘action’ promises from government

Tony Carnie
15 OCT

Why flushing scarce water into the sea, ‘the world’s biggest toilet bowl’, makes no sense

Tony Carnie
04 OCT

Move over Springboks and Wallabies — here come the springhasies

Tony Carnie
10 SEP

Questions raised about accountability in wake of rescinded permit to Turkish power company

Tony Carnie
02 SEP

Covid ‘emergency permit’ for Turkish floating power ships yanked

Tony Carnie
25 AUG

KZN’s ‘sinking conservation ship’ hits another storm (Part 1)

Tony Carnie
24 AUG

Questions re-appear over costs, staffing levels and politics at KZN’s ‘sinking ship’ conservation agency (Part 2)

Tony Carnie
24 AUG

Proposal for Turkish company to anchor ‘floating power stations’ off SA harbours raises alarm bells

Tony Carnie
13 AUG

Covid-19 could ‘devastate’ nature and parks without emergency funding plan

Tony Carnie
28 JUL

Durban’s R50m splurge on a sea pier extension questioned

Tony Carnie
15 JUL

Greens victorious as Sasol ditches Africa sea paradise gas-drilling plan

Tony Carnie
06 JUL

The global waste of valuable and toxic electronic equipment – report

Tony Carnie
02 JUL

‘I want my horns back’ says SA rhino baron after trade deal goes pear-shaped

Tony Carnie
14 JUN

Enjoy the fresh air while it lasts! Lockdown banishes air pollution

Tony Carnie
08 MAY

‘No more secrecy,’ says Creecy, ordering disclosure of climate gas records from SA’s Big Polluters

Tony Carnie
09 APR

Mass die-offs from climate crisis will happen soon unless urgent action is taken – a new study

Tony Carnie
09 APR

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