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Greenpeace calls for global treaty to include the whole life cycle of plastics
In February 2022, national governments and multinationals will gather for the next session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA 5.2)
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Major victory for Wild Coast communities: Shell interdicted from conducting seismic operations with immediate effect
28 December 2021: Today the Grahamstown High Court in Makhanda ordered Shell to immediately cease its seismic blasting along South Africa’s Wild Coast, while ordering Shell and the Minister of…
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Wild Coast interdict: Appeal filed against first Shell judgement
rgent interim-interim interdict against Shell to prevent the fossil fuel company from commencing seismic blasting along South Africa’s Wild Coast filed an application for leave to appeal the judgement made against them on 3 December 2021.
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Congo forests: Indigenous communities at the heart of the process
Either we make tropical forests the giant carbon sink that will help save the planet, or we destroy them and release the estimated 10 billion tons of carbon dioxide from these forests and, hello...climate bomb!
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Eskom air pollution decision: South Africans can safely breathe a sigh of relief
“Thanks to the National Air Quality Officer’s decision to reject Eskom’s application to postpone complying with air quality legislation, South Africans can safely breathe a sigh of relief."
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Will the courts stop Shell in the Wild Coast? Second urgent hearing to take place this week
MAKHANDA -- On Friday, 17 December, the Grahamstown High Court in Makhanda will hear arguments in application of an urgent interdict against Shell’s seismic survey along South Africa’s Wild Coast.
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A Global South perspective on COP26
What I saw come out of COP26 was quite frankly a death sentence for our people and the Indigenous communities across the globe. Political leaders and industrial lobbyists, instead of safeguarding our future, used their power to keep dirty business as usual.
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CAMVERT: A recurring nightmare
This illegal project is harmful to the people, to the forest, to biodiversity, to the climate - and to good governance. It only benefits a very small circle of people, including its promoter
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Massive blow for the Wild Coast: Urgent interdict denied
Court refuses to interdict seismic survey on the basis that “irreparable harm” to marine species not proved.
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#SameColonizersDifferentShip.. Seismic Surveys on the Wild Coast..
Only a few days after the Glasgow Climate Crisis meeting was concluded, we had the Amazon Warrior dock in Cape Town harbour. The Amazon Warrior is owned by Shearwater Geoservices, the company Royal Dutch Shell appointed to conduct surveys on their behalf.
