The news published in Bloomberg (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-13/eni-to-exit-south-africa-offshore-oil-block-amid-tech-challenges) yesterday has been met with jubilation and relief from the growing network of stakeholders who believe that oil and gas exploration on South Africa’s east coast is a constitutional atrocity, both for the environment, … Continue Reading ENI pull out of East Coast Drilling
Let us remember, on Heritage Day, that South Africa’s struggle against colonial and neo-colonial exploitation is not over. Now that … Continue Reading Legacy or Lock In
South Africa has recently seen the devastation of social unrest, what happens when we run out of food or water? … Continue Reading Making Waves – an IPCC review with Implications for RSA.
SLR Consulting has released the Draft Environmental Management Plan for the Proposed 2D Speculative Seismic Survey off the West Coast … Continue Reading Cover your Ears : Orange Basin Seismic Surveys EMP released for Comment
Herewith comments on the draft Gas Amendment Bill (25 June 2021) on behalf of the coalition Oceans Not Oil. There … Continue Reading ONO comments on Gas Amendment Bill
The Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy has released the Gas Amendment Bill [B9 – 2020] for public comment due 30 July 2021. The Gas Act, 2001 (Act No. 48 of 2001), was signed into law on 21 February … Continue Reading Gas Amendment Bill – out for public comment
By Alia Kajee, Janet Solomon, Richard Halsey, Liz McDaid and Leanne Govindsamy• 5 July 2021 MAVERICK CITIZEN OP-ED Civil society organisations … Continue Reading Financial institutions must abandon the sinking Karpowership deal
The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment’s has refused all three applications for Environmental Authorisation for the gas-to-power powership projects … Continue Reading Refusal of the Dodgy
Live long and prosper. It is time to embrace all the possibilities of a livable future world. Dystopia has its … Continue Reading The Era of Great Adjustment
Oceans Day – All along the eastern seaboard of South Africa, South Africans stood together in an action against government … Continue Reading New Wave for a New World
Ocean lovers along the South African coast came out in beautiful formation to support the “Save South Africa’s Coast & … Continue Reading Paddling for Justice
12 June 2021, 7:30am for 8:00 at backline To celebrate Oceans Day join us in a coastline demonstration against offshore … Continue Reading National Paddle Out
Oceans Not Oil Comments On Karpowership Draft EIAs for Saldanha Bay (Western Cape), Port Of Ngqura (Eastern Cape) And Richards … Continue Reading NO GO
An open letter to Minister for Environment, Forestries & Fisheries, Barbara Creecy by Y4CA as part of the global youth … Continue Reading No More Empty Promises
Please register as an Interested and Affected Party and comment: – TOSACO EIA for Offshore exploration near the Orange River … Continue Reading Scramble for more oil and gas – where is South Africa’s imperative for stopping fossil fuel use?
This is the Government Notice for implementation (see below from the gov gazette). These gas pipelines will extend into the … Continue Reading Gas Pipeline Notice of Implementation