Way to go South Africa!
South Africa halts Shell’s Karoo gas plans
South Africa’s government has halted plans by the oil firm Shell to extract natural gas from the Karoo desert by using a method known as “fracking”.
“Cabinet has made it very clear that clean environment together with all the ecological aspects will not be compromised,” said government spokesperson Jimmy Manyi in a statemen
Seems like other countries know something the U.S. doesn’t.
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Sharon Wilson is considered a leading citizen expert on the impacts of shale oil and gas extraction. She is the go-to person whether it’s top EPA officials from D.C., national and international news networks, or residents facing the shock of eminent domain and the devastating environmental effects of natural gas development in their backyards.
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That greed and fossil fuels are NOT more important then the quality and quantity of life…
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I appreciate RSA government’s step. They might be great businessmen but in the end we have the duty to conserve our environment, at least for our sake only.