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Greenpeace Africa reacts to President Ramaphosa’s ‘new coal deal’
In response to rumours that an agreement has been signed between South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Chinese state-owned companies to build a new mega coal-fired 4,600MW power station in…
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Life After Coal and Greenpeace Africa Slam Inclusion of New Coal in Electricity Plan
The inclusion of new coal in the updated draft Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity (IRP) will cost South Africa close to R20 billion more than we need to spend, and will make electricity more expensive for all South Africans. If the Department of Energy were to publish the least-cost plan that civil society organisations have…
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Jeff Radebe, will Monday be it? – Greenpeace Africa
24 August 2018, Johannesburg -- Responding to reports that South Africa’s new electricity plan (the IRP) has been approved by cabinet and will be released for a ‘short consultation period’ on Monday, Greenpeace Africa has said:
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Can we count on Jeff to deliver renewable energy in the wake of the country’s challenges?
Just a few hours ahead of the long-awaited Department of Energy’s final release of South Africa’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) – it’s all eyes are on Minister Jeff Radebe, as…
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Jeff, where is the IRP?
16 August 2018, Johannesburg - Yet again, the Department of Energy has missed the deadline they had set for the release of the final Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) by the middle of August.
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Why We Must Never Take Clean Drinking Water for Granted
Few people would argue access to clean drinking water is a fundamental human right. Yet, a significant portion of the world’s population remains without. In the following article, Sidrah Ahmad, will explore why this is the case; the importance of access to water for all; as well as how water crises affect everyone – even…
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Reactive on the latest developments regarding Virunga and Salonga National Parks in the DRC
“It is with indignation that Greenpeace Africa learned last April that the DRC Minister of hydrocarbons, Aimé Ngoy Mukena, is working on a project that will open up a large block of two UNESCO World Heritage sites - Virunga and Salonga National Parks for oil exploration.
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Africans care about the environment too
‘I owe my being to the hills and the valleys, the mountains and the glades, the rivers, the deserts, the trees, the flowers, the seas and the ever-changing seasons that define the face of our native land.” – Former president Thabo Mbeki, 1996.
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Africans want the continent to #BreakFree from fossil fuels
Johannesburg, South Africa - Today, Africa Day, citizens and communities in almost 20 countries across the African continent are gathering, taking to the streets and actively blocking the fossil fuel economy as part of a continent-wide day of action.