Hard to read notices situated on quiet rural roads may have alerted some residents about the Applications to explore for oil and gas in KZN and the Free State, but certainly most people in the area had no idea. As
No Future in Fracking
Julia Colvin of the WESSA Water Explorer Programme in South Africa writes about the importance of including lessons about fracking in schools. If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. This sentiment certainly rings true for many environmental education organisations working tirelessly to protect
Hey Frackers, Leave our Hills Alone
While it seems to most reasonable people that fracking absolutely should not take place in South Africa, the juggernaut keeps rolling. First the Karoo, then the Eastern Cape and KZN, now in the Free State, Mpumalanga and Berg foothills too!
Karoo & Us Too
While it seems to most reasonable people that fracking absolutely should not take place in South Africa, the juggernaut keeps rolling. In the Karoo, TKAG (Treasure Karoo Action Group) managed to slow the process down a little, by calling for
EIAs Made Easy
What on Earth are EIAs? Confused by Consultants? Flummoxed by Fracking Applications? It is all pretty overwhelming and we are all learning as we go. Most of us have heard about EIAs and IAPs only recently, so no wonder we
There’s a Sungu on my Stoep
We have been intrigued by the name Sungu Sungu ever since we spotted their exploration concession on the PASA map a year or so ago. They don’t seem to answer their phone and we once tried to track them down
Not On Our Watch
In the Eastern Cape, there is much opposition to the proposed exploration by Rhino Oil & Gas of the uMzimvubu Catchment. These are a few of the comments submitted to SLR Consulting recently on the Scoping Report. Response to Scoping
No Fracking Way
Last week many of us submitted comments to SLR Consulting on the Rhino Oil & Gas Applications for Exploration Rights in KZN and the Eastern Cape. Even if you missed the deadline, it is worth sending your thoughts to SLR.
The High Cost of Cheap Gas
Jeff Barbee is in town this week Frack Free SA has arranged screenings of the fascinating film High Cost of Cheap Gas across the KZN Midlands and Eastern Cape and Jeff will be in attendance to answer all your questions.
Good Day Mr Hemming
Response to Rhino Oil & Gas Application for Exploration Rights in KZN According to an environmental consultant involved in Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) for the oil and gas industry, once a right to explore is granted you can be pretty
