Decision Taken on Orange Basin Drilling Appeals

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In November last year, outside Parliament, South African eco-justice activists joined the global movement Power Up for Climate Solutions to kick off a month of environmental and climate action in the lead up to COP28. In a memorandum off demands, they called for an end to Total Energies’ fossil fuel aspirations in South Africa, and for government decision-makers, specifically the ministers Barbara Creecy and Gwede Mantashe, to acknowledge the negative impact of fossil fuels on people, on nature and on the climate. Photo credit Barry Christianson / 350Africa.org

The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has announced her decision on the appeals lodged against the Environmental Authorisation for Total Energies EP South Africa B.V. (TEEPSA’s) proposed well drilling in Block Deep Water Orange Basin (DWOB). This sets the stage for further litigation.

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