Legal challenge launched against gas-drilling approval off Plettenberg Bay coast

The battle by Plett's Environmental Forum against off-shore gas production by Total Energies has been placed on the international radar by the renowned Lewis Pugh Foundation.

'It is with some relief , that we share this news,' said Julie Carlisle of the Plett Environmental Forum. The foundation strives to ensure environmental justice for the world's oceans by protecting them from human abuse and exploitation. So far it has been instrumental in protecting 2,2 million square kilometres of ocean.

'But the words resonate deeply today as we face challenges posed by climate change and the exploitation of our natural resources. Deep-sea mining is a striking example of our power to reshape the world,' says the foundation. It also quotes this warning from a scientist about proposed seismic blasting off South Africa's Eastern Cape Coast last year: 'Cetacean calves separated from their mothers because of high noise levels would be unable to suckle'.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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