A South African court has ruled that Shell will not be allowed to go ahead with its offshore oil and gas exploration project off the Indian Ocean Coast.
South Africa is still heavily reliant on coal and the country’s energy minister, Gwede Mantashe, believes that renewables are not a reliable alternative.
A South African court ruled this month that Shell will not be allowed to go ahead with using seismic waves to explore for oil and gas off its Indian Ocean waters. This comes after a temporary block on the exploration last December. Shell had aimed to gather 3D seismic data across more than 6,000 square kilometers of ocean off South Africa’s Wild Coast. But environmental activists worried that the extremely loud shock waves would harm marine life.
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