Africa Edition | 14 November 2022 Coal is high on the agenda again as country representatives bang their heads together in Egypt to find ways of cutting carbon emissions in a bid to avert an even bigger climate change disaster. This puts South Africa on the spot. When it comes to dependency on coal […]
Government must not fold to fossil fuel industry lobbying on carbon tax bill By Robyn Hugo Follow 06 Sep 2022 1 Robyn Hugo is Director: Climate Change Engagement at Just Share. Before joining Just Share in 2020, Hugo was head of the Pollution & Climate Change programme at the Centre for Environmental Rights, where she and her […]
Who will fund Sizewell C nuclear plant and when will it be built? Boris Johnson is expected to confirm government funding for Suffolk project People take part in a protest organised by the campaign groups Stop Sizewell C and Together Against Sizewell C in Suffolk. Photograph: Gregg Brown/PA Alex Lawson Energy correspondent Wed 31 Aug 2022 17.35 […]
By Susan Comrie for amaBhungane 19 Jul 2022 original article here Amidst an unprecedented load shedding crisis, the Central Energy Fund is pushing ahead with Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe’s plan to build a ‘gas bridge’ to Mozambique, while Eskom calls for up to 6,000 megawatts of new gas-fired power to urgently be added to the grid. […]
By Sasha Planting 11 Jul 2022 original article here Whether they are leaving because the ship is sinking or because the offshore opportunities are simply too good to pass up, the effect is the same: the exodus of skilled staff from Koeberg is threatening its future. After 27 years of service, Riedewaan Bakardien, Eskom’s chief […]
