Environmental Impact Assessments
latest news & developments
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
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…
Karpowership environmental impact assessments thrown out
Department of forestry, fisheries and environment refuses to grant environmental authorisation for gas-to-power projects
‘Who will feed my children if these powerships chase the fish away?’
Final EIAs for controversial Karpowership projects submitted to environment minister Barbara Creecy
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
Environment department says no to controversial Watson family wind farm
Controversial Eastern Cape project poses high risks to threatened birds of prey