Past News
The Green Connection and Natural Justice Now Have the Record of Decision to Progress Legal Challenge Against TotalEnergies
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“Don’t Take Our Livelihoods” – Small-Scale Fisherwomen Stand Firm Against Seismic Surveys
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The Green Connection Welcomes Announcement: TotalEnergies To Abandon Blocks 11B/12B And 5/6/7 In South Africa
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Total’s Decision Should Be Seen As An Opportunity To Re-Evaluate SA’s Energy Strategy And Accelerate The Just Transition
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Karpower – Could Cost An Arm And A Leg And Our Oceans And Environment
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Massive Opposition Grows As South Africa And France Protest TotalEnergies Offshore Oil And Gas Projects
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The Green Connection In France, With SA Small-Scale Fishers, Supporting A Criminal Climate Change Complaint Against TotalEnergies
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Environmental Justice Groups Sound Alarm Over Many Risks Of West Coast Offshore Oil And Gas Project
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TotalEnergies And Government Will Oppose Eco-Justice NGOs
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South Africa: Legal Challenge Launched – To Protect Public Interest And The Environment – Against TotalEnergies Drilling Decision
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Disappointing #SONA2024 – Several Empty Promises About Climate Action But Mum About New Fossil Fuel Legislation
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“Government’s Lack Of Transparency And Nonchalance To Climate Change Is Appalling”
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This Weekend: As COP28 Calls For Climate Justice, In South Africa, Nationwide Actions Erupted Against Oil And Gas Drilling Off SA’s Coast
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Letter To The President: SA Eco-Warriors Call Out Government Hypocrisy
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While TotalEnergies Continues To Risk People, The Environment And The Climate, Civil Society Remains Resolved To Oppose Offshore Oil And Gas
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Human Wellbeing, Environmental Health And Climate Change – Three Key Reasons To Power Up With Renewables
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The Green Connection Responds – Minister Creecy Throws Another Lifeline To Karpowerships
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The Green Connection Says Sierra Leone Karpower Cuts Should Be A Warning To SA
Read More Another Legal Challenge Looming Regarding Karpowerships in Saldanha Bay?
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The Green Connection Edges Closer To Court Face-Off With Karpowerships
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“SAREM Falls Short Of Articulating A Vision For Renewable Energy” – The Green Connection
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Time Is Up For Karpowerships In Saldanha Bay And Coega
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Hook, Line And Sinker: Coastal Communities Are All In To Protect Our Oceans
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The Green Connection Pleased With Latest Saldanha Karpowerships Refusal
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Civil Society Organisation Challenge Decision To Give Karpowership Yet Another Opportunity To Amend Their EIA Reports For Richards Bay
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Marine Spatial Plan Flawed Because Oil and Water Do Not Mix
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Vindicated, Civil Society Finally Makes Headway To Compel Government To Develop SA’s Energy Plan
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More Than A Decade Of Impacts From The Deepwater Horizon Disaster, Learning Are Few – South Africa Still Approves Offshore Drilling
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The Green Connection And SAFCEI Respond To President, Minister’s Absurd Record Of Decision In Energy Planning Court Case
Read More DFFE Makes Decisions On Karpowerships – The Green Connection Responds
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The Green Connection Red Flag’s Karpowerships’ Non-Compliance Of EIA Regulations
Read More President And Minister Of Energy Oppose Legally Binding Energy Planning For South Africa (In Response To The Green Connection And SAFCEI’S Court Challenge)
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Civil Society Remains Opposed To Total’s Oil And Gas Expansion Plans
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Five Goldman Environmental Prize Winners Urge Financial Players To Stop Supporting TotalEnergies’ Climate-Wrecking Strategy
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“Fail To Plan. Plan To Fail” – Two Civil Society Organisations Launch Legal Case To Force Government To Develop An Inclusive Energy Plan To Deal With Crisis
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Fisherwomen Say Karpowerships, Offshore Oil And Gas Projects Will Do Little To Empower Them
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Nationwide Picket: Activists Unite Against The Total Destruction Of The Ocean By Offshore Oil & Gas, Call For Acceleration Of Just Transition
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“We Don’t Need More Fossil Fuels, So Why Are We Still Looking?” – The Green Connection Says It Won’t Shut Up About The Risks Of Offshore Oil And Gas
Read More “MR PRESIDENT, SA URGENTLY NEEDS A PLAN TO ADDRESS THE ENERGY AND CLIMATE CRISES!” Emergency Speeches and Knee-Jerk Reactions do not Provide Real, Sustainable Solutions
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COP27 Briefing: Time To Face Facts, There’s No More Room For Offshore Oil And Gas
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“MR PRESIDENT, SA URGENTLY NEEDS A PLAN TO ADDRESS THE ENERGY AND CLIMATE CRISES!”
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The Green Connection Ready For Searcher Fight, Round 2
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A New Climate Bomb In South Africa: Bloom and The Green Connection Oppose TotalEnergies’ Harmful Offshore Oil And Gas Projects
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The Green Connection Concerned That AZINAM’S Rig May Start Drilling Before The Oil Spill Contingency Plan Is Available To The Public
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Small-Scale Fishers From Around The Country Head To Saldanha Bay To Stand-Off Against Offshore Oil and Gas: “Our Ocean, Our Heritage! “
Read More Eco-Justice Watchdog Raises Concerns About Insufficient Info On AZINAM’s Oil Spill Contingency Planning
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Eco-Justice Watchdog The Green Connection Sets The Record Straight: “We Work With Small-Scale Fishers To Promote Inclusive And Responsible Development Of South Africa’s Precious Natural Resources”
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Small-Scale Fishers Celebrate Victory After Makanda High Court Sets Aside Shell’s Oil Exploration
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Shell Verdict: Evidence That In Standing Together, Coastal Communities Can Be The Masters Of Their Own Ships
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Civil Society Unites To Protest Against Offshore Oil And Gas Exploration In South Africa
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Fisherwomen And Civil Society Vindicated, As Minister Upholds Environmental Ruling On Karpowerships
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Legacy Programme – Equipping Youth With Advocacy Skills
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The Green Connection Shares It’s Oceans Tribunal Verdict With Presidential Climate Commission
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Small-Scale Fishers Call For Meaningful Public Participation Processes In Their Communities
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“There’s No Time For More Oil And Gas. Our Focus Must Be Decisive Climate Action.“ – Green Connection Submits Comments On TEEPSA Scoping Report
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“South Africa Needs A Government That Takes Accountability For It’s Own Actions, Not Blame Shifters” – The Green Connection
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Young Small-Scale Fishers Say President Must Do More To Protect Their Jobs and Livelihoods
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“South Africa Needs A Government That Takes Accountability For It’s Own Actions, Not Blame Shifters” – The Green Connection
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World Oceans Day: More Must be Done To Protect This Gift From The Threat Of Offshore Oil And Gas
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Civil Society Impatiently Waiting For Shell’s Wild Coast Seismic Surveys To Be Stopped, For Good
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With a Legal Challenge in Progress, The Green Connection is Relieved that No Karpowerships PPAs were Signed Today
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Communities Speak Out Against Traditional Leaders Who Support Shell Seismic Surveys on Wild Coast Eastern Cape
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Africa Day: The Green Connection Launches Public Campaign To Protect South Africa’s Oceans From Offshore Oil and Gas
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Continued Poor Energy Decisions Will Only Exacerbate The Climate And Energy Crises
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Green Connection Takes Fight Against Karpowerships to Court
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Freedom Day – Small-Scale Fishing Communities Held Pickets Against Karpowership Developments
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Getting To Know Coastal Community Engagement Champion Neville Van Rooy And His Journey To Protecting The Earth And Empowering Communities
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No Rest For Civil Society With Yet Another Seismic Survey On The West Coast To Stop
Read More Continued Poor Energy Decisions Will Only Exacerbate The Climate And Energy Crises
Read More When Human Rights Gets In The Way Of ‘Progress’, NERSA Announces Questionable Action On Karpowerships
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Small-Scale Fishers Wave Goodbye to Searcher, But the Fight for Energy Justice Continues
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Small-Scale Fishers Face-Off with Searcher, Now Hopeful for a Positive Court Ruling to Stop Seismic Surveys
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A Just And Equal Society Is Possible: Ecuador Communities Win The Fight for Rights to their Land
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Story Update: Concerns That Searcher Ignored Yesterday’s Court Order To Halt Seismic Blasting
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Civil Society Vindicated: Searcher Seismic Blasting Halted, For Now
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The Struggle To Protect SA’s Oceans and Coastal Livelihoods Continues In The Western Cape High Court
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Gwede Mantashe Involved In Secret Meetings Excluding Fisher Communities
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Communities Continue To Speak Out Against Government’s Proposed Gas Plans – Bad For Climate Change and Bad For The People
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Civil Society Heads Back to Court, This Time to Stop Seismic Survey in West Coast
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Partner News: Frustrated and Under-Threat Small-Scale Fishers Pen Scathing Open Letter to Ministers of Energy and Environment
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Environmentalists Double-Up On Efforts to Oppose Upcoming And Further Seismic Testing In South Africa’s Oceans
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Close To 200 People Rise At Crack of Dawn to Protest the Arrival of Shell’s Seismic Monster, Amazon Warrior
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Green Connection’s ‘Funeral For The Climate’ (African Energy Week) and Comment on Yesterday’s Budget Speech
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Recently Graduated Green Connectors, Equipped For The Polls and Ready To Weigh-In on COP26
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Tosaco EIA Met with Pushback from Civil Society, to Protect the Ocean and Small-Scale Fisher Livelihoods
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Bending Over Backwards, DMRE Gives Karpowerships Another Break
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The Green Connection’s Oceans Tribunal Exposes Devastating Impact of Government’s Secret Decisions
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WATCH: The Green Connection’s Short Explainer Video ‘Opposing Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling in South Africa’
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WATCH: Short Explainer Video ‘What is an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)’?
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WATCH: Short Explainer Video ‘Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) within the Oil and Gas Industry’
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WATCH: The Green Connection’s New Short Explainer Video ‘How Does Parliament Work?
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Mantashe’s Gas Argument, Some Fishy-Smelling Hot Air – The Green Connection & Coastal Communities
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“Nersa Karpowership Decision Unacceptable!” – Green Connection
Read More Green Connection Calls on Minister Gwede Mantashe to Dump RMIPPPP
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Coastal Community Members of Graaff-Reinet, Knysna and Langebaan Share Their Thoughts About Calling on the Banks to NOT Fund Karpowerships
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The Green Connection Tells Nersa, “Electricity Generation Application Process Flawed”
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Have Something to Say About Karpowerships? Deadline for Comments is 19 August 2021
Read More “MANTASHE’S GAS ARGUMENT, SOME FISHY-SMELLING HOT AIR” – GREEN CONNECTION & COASTAL COMMUNITIES
Read More “RAMAPHOSA’S ENERGY BOOST WELCOMED…BUT WHY THE DELAY?” – THE GREEN CONNECTION
Read More Civil Society Calls on Parliament to Hold Public Hearings on Karpowerships
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Fishing Communities Respond to Appeals Against Karpowership SA EIA Decision
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The Green Connection Welcomes The Decision Of The Department Of Forestry, Fisheries And The Environment To Suspend The Application For Authorisation And Associated Timeframes
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The Green Connection Supports SDCEA Court Case Against the ENI and Sasol Authorization for Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration
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Civil Society Calls On Parliament to Hold Public Hearings On Karpowerships
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The Green Connection Welcomes DFFE Decision To Reject Karpowerships
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The Green Connection Welcomes DFFE Decision to Reject Karpowerships
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Webinar – A Contribution Towards The White Paper On Energy
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“Ramaphosa’s Energy Boost Welcomed…But Why The Delay?” – The Green Connection
Read More Coastal Communities Celebrated World Oceans Day 2021
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Small-Scale Fishers Around The Country Launch Beach Protest On World Ocean Day
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Green Connection’s Formal Complaint Calls-Out Karpowerships EIA
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The Green Connection Urges Total To Withdraw From SA Following Landmark. Court Ruling And First For Investor Activisim
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Karpowerships are No Turkish Delight
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Coastal Communities React with Passionate Call for Mobilisation Against Karpowerships
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SA Govt’s Gas ‘Plan’ Will Compromise Climate Change Commitments – Research Report
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Civil Society Calls For Public Hearings on Karpowerships
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The Green Connection’s Research on Economic Impact of Off-shore Drilling in South Africa Exposes Negative Benefits
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Communities Reject Off Shore Oil and Gas
Read More The Green Connection and Small-Scale Subsistence Fishers Welcomes Total Withdrawal From Additional Offshore Drilling Near Mossel Bay and Cape St Francis
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Green Connection Calls on Public To Say No To Karpowerships
Read More Social Justice Win For Small-Scale Fishers is a Win For Civil Society
Read More #SONA2021 “Mr. President, The Ocean Is Critical To Climate Change Response and The Livelihoods of Small-Scale Fishers. Don’t Ignore it!”
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Pre-Sona Comment: ”Stop Killing Our Oceans, Mr. President!” – Civil Society, Small-Scale Fishers
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