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OAKLANDS

Why environmental impact assessments need to be more than a legal hurdle

Assessments can’t be tick box exercises … if not done correctly, development will trump environmental conservation

  • Matthew Wingfield
  • Tina Gama-Kotze
6 min read
Environment, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Barbara Creecy. (Photo by Ruvan Boshoff/Sunday Times/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
ALL RISE ATTORNEYS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE JUSTICE

Environment minister in crosshairs over proposed amendment to environmental regulations

The proposed change will make it impossible for civil society, or their lawyers, to appeal environmental authorisations without using the services of a costly environmental…

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read
DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY FISHERIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Karpowership environmental impact assessments thrown out

Department of forestry, fisheries and environment refuses to grant environmental authorisation for gas-to-power projects

  • Sheree Bega
2 min read
CARMELITA MOSTERT

‘Who will feed my children if these powerships chase the fish away?’

Final EIAs for controversial Karpowership projects submitted to environment minister Barbara Creecy

  • Sheree Bega
4 min read
350AFRICA ORG

Public ire over Karpowership contract can’t be dismissed — MPs

Environmental groups say the controversial deal means South Africa will be tied to fossil fuels for the next 20 years

  • Sarah Smit
  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
BAVIAANSKLOOF WORLD HERITAGE SITE

Environment department says no to controversial Watson family wind farm

Controversial Eastern Cape project poses high risks to threatened birds of prey

  • Sheree Bega
4 min read