Activists and supporters of the Stop The Total Destruction Of The Ocean, Coastal Livelihood And Climate Picket outside the French Consulate in Cape Town on 8 February 2023.
The environmental authorisation was granted following Total’s final environmental impact report in terms of the National Environmental Management Act but the applicants argue that the final EIR does not comply with one or more of the requirements set out by Nema, the National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management , or related legal obligations.Thus, the applicants allege the DFFE and DMRE made their decisions without proper assessment of the environmental impacts.
The applicants allege that several factors were not considered when Total was granted environmental authorisation. “We need to ensure its protection not just for the current generation but also for future generations,” they said.The final EIR allegedly failed to fully assess the socioeconomic impacts of an oil spill on fisheries and coastal communities.
Environmental groups lodge appeal after TotalEnergies gets the green light to drill wells off Cape coast In terms of large-scale effects on fishing operations, more texts taken from the final EIR stated that this would likely include area closures and exclusion of fisheries from areas that may be polluted or closed to fishing due to contamination of surface waters by oil or the chemicals used for cleaning oil spills.
Natural Justice programme manager Melissa Groenink-Groves said increasing investment in oil and gas projects threatened the country’s climate and the resilience of communities worldwide to adapt to that changing climate.South Africa has committed to stay on a pathway to keep global average temperature increases below 1.5°C, which global experts agree can be achieved only if no new oil and gas reserves are exploited.
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