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GC and @naturaljustice along with communities on the coast are celebrating a ruling by the Western Cape High Court to set aside the environmental authorisation granted to TotalEnergies for offshore oil and gas exploration between Cape Town and the Agulhas.
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5GW of gas. Higher costs. Greater climate risks. ⚠️
Civil society warns that government's gas procurement plans could undermine South Africa's Just Energy Transition and lock the country into costly fossil fuels.
#JustEnergyTransition
LISTEN | The Green Connection has called on the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) to reject Eskom's proposed 8.83% electricity tariff increase for the 2027/28 financial year. Neville van Rooy spoke to Bongeziwe Zwane on the weekend:
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Imported liquefied natural gas will expose us to fluctuations in international prices, shipping costs and the exchange rate...we are paying for the failures of Medupi & Kusile which ran billions of rand over budget while government wants to lock us into expensive imported gas.
Civil society challenges Ramokgopa’s 5GW gas procurement plan
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@TheGreenConnect has called on the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (@NERSA_ZA) to reject Eskom’s proposed 8.83% electricity tariff increase for the 2027/28 financial year.
#electricity #tariffs #southafrica
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This is why I support and applaud the efforts of the Green Connection @TheGreenConnect, CER @CentreEnvRights and other South African environmental NGOs to uphold and protect the constitutional rights of people, and to lawfully hold the coal, oil & gas industries accountable for their obligations.
PetroSA’s rehabilitation fund shortfall is a ticking timebomb. This is one more indictment of the many failures of leadership of PetroSA and Dept of Mineral & Petroleum Resources over decades. The DMPR, CEF and PetroSA were contacted for comment. None replied.
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Earlier this year, we wrote an open letter questioning whether South Africa’s commercial decisions align with the principles underpinning our international stance on Israel and Palestine, including the ongoing case against Israel ICJ.
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OPINION | By bringing the Climate Change Act into law, it is clear that there is recognition of the need to address this crisis. Why then do we continue to see more fossil fuel legislation being proposed, such as the (SANPC) Bill?
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#PODCAST Arbor Month: Environmentalists urge sustainable industrialisation to protect green spaces #sabcnews omny.fm/shows/lotus-fm-newsb… #sabckzn @salpatel786
The Green Connection has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to provide clarity on reports that Israeli-owned Navitas Petroleum could become the operator of offshore oil and gas exploration Block 1 CBK in the Orange Basin off South Africa’s West Coast.
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The West Coast District Municipality’s decision on Transnet’s Atmospheric Emissions Licence for the Saldanha Iron Ore Terminal has been withdrawn and referred to the DFFE for final determination
South Africa’s push for gas-to-power investments risks locking the country into long-term gas infrastructure.
WATCH | Aukotowa Fisher Cooperative, The Green Connection, and Natural Justice have challenged the government's approval of potentially harmful seismic surveys off South Africa's coastlines without full considerations of the impact on small-scale fishers.
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Lisa Makaula, Advocacy Officer at @TheGreenConnect, supports a fossil advert ban: communities are already living through the climate crisis & deserve truthful information, not greenwashing. Greenwashing misleads & delays climate action.
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Link in bio to sign!
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"A just transition is about more than power generation."
Community advocates say women and local communities must share in the economic opportunities created by South Africa's renewable energy boom.
Read more: bit.ly/3RElzd8
#PowerTracker #JustTransition
READ | Navitas, which is listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange is strengthening its presence in the South Atlantic after signing a definitive agreement with Eco Atlantic to acquire a 37.5% operating stake in South Africa’s Block 1 CBK in the Orange Basin.
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What do we call it when ordinary people must fight their own government to protect vulnerable communities and the environment?
On 1–2 June, The Green Connection, Aukotowa Fisheries & Natural Justice head to the WC High Court to challenge seismic blasting off SA’s West Coast.
In late 2023, the Director-General of the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources gave permission to TGS Geophysical Company United Kingdom Limited to conduct a massive three-dimensional (3D) seismic survey off the West Coast of South Africa.
This is how the "TGS Case" came to be. As these organisations head to the Western Cape High Court on 1 and 2 June to make their case heard and take a stand to protect our coastline and coastal people's here is some useful information for you to know.#KickPollutersOut
READ | SA Commuters spend up to half their incomes on transport. A key driver of this price burden is our oil dependence, whose price is set internationally. While government doubles down on oil and gas, renewables would free us from foreign price shocks.
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