Last Friday, a South African court struck down an application brought by environmentalists to stop the oil major exploring in the Wild Coast, rejecting as unproven their argument that it would cause “irreparable harm” to the marine environment, especially migrating humpback whales.
Ecologists say seismic blasting, which involves firing high-powered air guns every 10 seconds and measuring the echoes to detect cavities under the sea bed, hurts wildlife, especially sea mammals, causing hearing loss, disturbing feeding and breeding, and interfering with their own communication systems.
The US government last year declined to renew federal permits for fossil fuel companies to use seismic air guns off the Atlantic Coast, after objections from environmentalists and east Coast residents on similar grounds.“There is now no conclusive evidence ... that seismic surveys have caused irreparable harm to marine life,” he said.
Environmental groups are urging oil companies to stop prospecting, arguing the world has no chance of reaching net zero carbon by 2050 even if only existing oil deposits are burnt. Earlier this year, a Dutch court ordered Shell to cut its carbon emissions by 45% by 2030 from 2019 levels. But Mantashe said, “Oil and gas exploitation has been carried out for decades across other economies in the world ... Africa deserves an equal chance.”
I wouldn't trust him
Jobs and money are real issues. People must be given into their bank accounts 1 million rand each month. Forget the World Bank, G7 and G20 nations which still bow down to Roman Empire's Capitalist Agenda. We are serious like Mars One and Nasa astronauts
I wonder angavuya xa uShell wanted to do this eNgcobo
I knew it, Shell wouldn't have all the guts to do as they pleased without he's say so.We can only imagine how much the MYANC is getting out of this.😡
Trust GwedeMantashe1 at your own peril. Say oil seismic exploration survey is successful, what's the profit percentage split between Shell and GovernmentZA? DMRE_ZA PresidencyZA CyrilRamaphosa ParliamentofRSA
Ooh lord,Ooh lord plz tog not this plz plz not this,why does his dept exist maar?if thy could make such an error and still called it human error with the petrol price increase calculations,did someone over planned to his/hers corruption plan?that can only be in SA this is a mess
I thought by now I would have a job so that we dont go hungry this Christmas. Seeing my daughter cry because we sleep hungry cripples me😭. Please assist us with any tinned food or food nearing their expiry date🙏🏻😔. Just so that we have a meal this Christmas🙏🏻
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