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Searcher is Back!
17 July, 2022
Months after calling off an earlier search due to a court challenge, geoscience data company Searcher Seismic has applied for a new permit and revealed plans to once again survey for oil and gas off the West Coast of South…
They are not dangerous ... they are in danger!
17 July, 2022
Ten days before World Shark Awareness Day on July 14th, a furore broke out over a Shark-Hunting Tournament planned to take place in Jupiter, Florida on July 9th. Angry, environmental activists protested and started petitions but to no avail. The…
The proposed UN Treaty on plastic pollution is crucial to combatting plastic pollution and climate change
13 September, 2021
Microplastics and nanoplastics everywhere: If nothing is done to prevent it, the amount of plastic trash flowing into the oceans each year is expected to nearly triple by 2040 to 29 million metric tons. Currently, plastic waste is entering the…
The UPL fire and chemical spill disaster is a warning!
13 August, 2021
Faced with increasingly extreme weather and potential for social turmoil, the UPL fire and chemical spill disaster is a warning that environmental legislation must be strictly applied, and the activities and products of companies more closely scrutinised. Fifth largest agrochemical…
Civil Society’s appeal against oil and gas exploration along KZN coast dismissed
22 December, 2020
The formal appeal by a civil society coalition of 47 individuals and environmental organisations, to stop oil and gas exploration along the KwaZulu-Natal coastline, has been dismissed by Barbara Creecy, Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Environmental Affairs. The appeal was…
Oil spill disasters … are we prepared for the risks of deepwater drilling?
26 September, 2020
Oil spills – whether from bulk carriers, oil tankers or offshore oil rigs – are the inevitable consequence of government and corporate insistence on continuing with our reliance on lethal fossil fuels. Despite the huge devastation it has caused, the…
The Great African Oil and Gas Grab
8 August, 2020
Over the past decade, there have been substantial discoveries of oil and gas in the Indian Ocean – from South Africa to Somalia. Further exploration is proposed on the west coast of Southern Africa. A massive gas condensate discovery off…
Safeguard the Future and Protect Life! Stop Oil and Gas Exploration
16 July, 2020
In February 2019, French energy conglomerate Total reported a significant gas condensate discovery 175 km off Mossel Bay on the southern coast of South Africa in the Outeniqua Basin. The gas field, called Brulpadda Block 11B/12B, spans an area of…
50th Anniversary of Earth Day, 22 April 2020
16 July, 2020
The First Earth Day was borne from the Counterculture of the 1960s and on 22 April 1970, a nationwide 'teach-in' was initiated to encourage education and actions towards addressing global environmental degradation. That year, 20 million Americans (10% of the…