Dating back to the 1970’s and the emergence of the environmental movement in the US, multi-national corporations were schooled to trivialize environmental viewpoints.
Three applications to explore for shale gas in the Karoo using fracking are “fatally flawed”, says the Treasure the Karoo Action Group.
Should you care whether or not South Africa is fracked? The Treasure Karoo Action Group (tkag) believes you should and urges the country to take up their position in society in the fight against fracking.
A fracking well blow-up in Canada ought to be seen as a warning shot fired across the bows of fracking in South Africa.
Fracking is already harmful to people and the environment, but South Africa has no trained supervisors for fracking operations. This lack of supervisors coupled with a low price of gas will mean companies cut all the corners they can, endangering the country even more.
These days few can dispute mankind is in dire need of alternative, renewable and sustainable energy sources. Few can moreover argue the necessity for energy development that does not come at the adverse auxiliary cost to the environment.
Shell South Africa has been ordered to withdraw 'unsubstantiated' and 'misleading' claims it made in full-page advertisements in newspapers about its use of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for shale gas exploration in the Karoo.
This short speech was given on Friday night in Cape Town by Lewis Gordon Pugh OIG (a.k.a. the Human Polar Bear) about the proposed fracking for gas in the Karoo, by Shell. He received a sustained standing ovation!
Mining Minister Susan Shabangu has extended a moratorium on prospecting for shale gas for a further six months, to allow time for public consultation on the matter.
In its written objection to Shell Exploration Company's application to use hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in its search for shale gas in the Karoo, Treasure the Karoo Action Group (TKAG) has called on the authorities for an immediate halt to any such plans, not only by Shell but by any other organisation seeking similar authorisation.
Another group of concerned citizens and organisations have taken up the cudgels against the proposed hydraulic fracturing planned in most of South Africa's land mass.
