{"id":51645,"date":"2021-12-10T13:00:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=51645"},"modified":"2024-12-16T19:20:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T18:20:07","slug":"shell-in-south-africa-fossil-fuels-at-full-blast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/51645\/shell-in-south-africa-fossil-fuels-at-full-blast\/","title":{"rendered":"Shell in South Africa: fossil fuels at full blast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hundreds of Capetonians showed up to the Muizenberg Beach (South Africa) protest against Shell’s oil and gas exploration during the national day of action.
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Just weeks after world leaders failed us at COP26 by not committing to urgent action to end the climate crisis, the controversial South African Minister of Minerals and Energy Gwede Mantashe has confirmed the go-ahead to Shell Exploration and Production\u2019s seismic survey, searching for oil and gas deposits on the South African Wild Coast, despite massive local opposition.<\/p>\n\n

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The project is set to run for five months<\/a>, blasting shockwaves into the Earth\u2019s crust below the seabed every ten seconds! The use of seismic waves could have a devastating impact<\/a> on the health of marine life, and if the exploration for oil and gas were successful. According to experts from the South African Association for Marine Biological Research<\/a>, there is no safe way to drill for, extract or transport oil, which means the Wild Coast would always be at risk of an oil spill. The operations would potentially have a devastating impact on the communities that depend on eco-tourism and fishing for their livelihoods. <\/p>\n\n

Greenpeace Africa and partners have challenged the oil and gas giant in court<\/a>; and although the interdict wasn\u2019t successful, they have not given up! They are still pursuing legal action, by supporting a second interdict filed by affected communities [read the update on this major legal victory<\/a>]. Shell has a knack for getting around legal action; it recently announced<\/a> the relocation of its headquarters to the United Kingdom, after Netherlands courts demanded that it cut emissions by 45 percent by 2030 to better align with targets set out in the Paris agreement.<\/p>\n\n

These developments clearly demonstrate how fossil fuel players like Shell don\u2019t care about the dangerous consequences of their actions \u2014 with case<\/a> after case<\/a> showing how oil giants care very little about the environmental impact of their operations, leaving local communities destitute and ecosystems destroyed. They are quick to place profit before people, and the planet.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

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