Global shale gas moratoriums are increasing while our ministers continue to procrastinate.
"The refusal of Minister Shabangu to furnish information is now making sense," says TKAG spokesman Jonathan Deal.
A new study has raised fresh concerns about the safety of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, concluding that fracking chemicals injected into the ground could migrate toward drinking water supplies far more quickly than experts have previously predicted.
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.
“Fracking no, fracking never! Clean energy, now and forever!” chanted about 140 protestors from various communities in Cape Town, as they took to the street on Human Rights Day, to protest against plans that Royal Dutch Shell and other companies have to explore for shale gas in the Greater Karoo Basin.
The rapid global expansion and acceleration of the extractive industries presents an unprecedented & devastating land grabbing threat, claims a new report, launched in Westminster today.
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.
A group of concerned Capetonians, in partnership with the NPO Climate Justice Campaign, gathered for a protest at the 18th Africa Oil Week taking place at the Waterfront.
Hydraulic Fracturing, commonly known as Fracking, is a highly controversial method of extracting oil and gas from existing, redundant and new wells. Drilling has begun in an unregulated frenzy from USA, China and now heading for gas-rich Europe and other countries around the world. The environment and human health is at very serious and potential risk if this method of extracting gas is not stopped.
The unified voice of thousands against Karoo fracking paid off last week when government pressed pause on hydraulic fracturing. Cabinet has endorsed the decision by the Department of Minerals and Energy to invoke a moratorium on oil and gas exploration licenses in the semi-arid Karoo.
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!
'Now is the time for change! We cannot drill our way out of an energy crisis! The age of fossil fuels is over! Shell, we do not want our Karoo to be another Niger Delta,' a brave speaker addressed Shell with a referral to the egregious exploitation of Nigeria's oil reserves by multinationals such as Shell. 'Use your voices my friends; blog, tweet, Facebook and rally your petition!'
What is it going to take to stop the plans to threaten our sensitive Karoo region from being destroyed by Shell's plans to blow it apart in search of natural gas?
A controversial application by oil giant Shell to explore for gas in an area of the Karoo should be put on hold, the Democratic Alliance said on Tuesday. The opposition party warned that exploration would involve processes that risked contaminating surrounding bodies of water, but Shell countered that processes were in place to prevent this happening.
2011 - The UN International Year of Forests - focuses global attention on the plight of the world's forests. Our forests provide carbon sequestration, climate regulation and are host to an astounding variety of biodiversity ' surely it makes more sense to protect them!
