As you will have heard by now, the next step in the journey towards unconventional gas extraction in SA – environmental authorisation for FIVE applications – has been granted. Everyone needs to engage if we are to stop exploration, so we have
Light at the End of the Tunnel
Following the recent reports of successful legal outcomes for Earthlife Africa (who challenged Environmental Affairs rejection of its appeal against the approval given to the proposed Thabametsi coal-fired power station in Limpopo. The court ordered that the Minister reconsider the
Fracking Approved? Really?
Recently, many people were aghast to hear that government has given the green light for shale gas fracking in the Karoo. Department of Mineral Resources in South Africa stated “Based on the balance of scientific evidence, government took a decision
