'Sasol drops air pollution court challenge', 29 Apr 2015: Petrochemicals giant Sasol has dropped its court challenge to have…stricter new air pollution laws scrapped. Th[is]…comes after the Department of Environmental Affairs granted Sasol several postponements in order to comply with the new regulations…Sasol and Natref – a joint venture with Sasol Oil and Total SA – instituted legal action last year…to have certain minimum emissions standards…set aside…Sasol spokesman Alex Anderson confirmed…[that] the company had applied for postponements…because of “short-term challenges relating to the compliance time frames”… Sasol said…it was “committed to advancing ambient air quality management in a sustainable manner” and would continue to engage with the government to find solutions…Centre for Environmental Rights attorney Tracey Davies said: “By displaying such extraordinary unwillingness to act as a responsible corporate citizen and…invest in improving South Africa’s appalling air quality, from which millions suffer and to which Sasol is a significant contributor, Sasol is simply shoring up liability for the future.” …