Mantashe’s dangerous energy agenda is from the Trump playbook

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OPINION: One of Minister Gwede Mantashe’s other Trumpisms is his continued call for “clean coal” technologies. Like Trump, Mantashe seems to think we can magically scrub coal clean.

as coal mines and power stations are shut down. Hendrina provides a portent of what could happen across Mpumalanga if we pretend that coal is a sunrise industry and do not plan for the impending wide-scale transition from coal.

Climate justice activists aren’t the only ones who aren’t buying Mantashe’s coal-heavy, just-transition rhetoric. Last month, workers from the and the General Industries Workers Union of South Africa led a picket outside the department of energy, demanding a just transition to a renewable energy future. Workers at the picket recognised that climate change poses one of the gravest threats to their livelihoods.

who took to the streets last month demanding climate action. As things stand, his energy agenda serves to further destabilise the climate and pollute South Africa’s air and water. While climate scientists are telling us that our house is already on fire and we need to act urgently, Mantashe is pouring more fossil fuels on to the fire.

Dr Alex Lenferna serves as the South African climate justice campaigner with 350 Africa. He is a Fulbright and Mandela Rhodes Scholar and recently completed a PhD on climate justice at the University of Washington. Dr Alex Lenferna serves as the South African climate justice campaigner with 350 Africa. He is a Fulbright and Mandela Rhodes Scholar and recently completed a PhD on climate justice at the University of Washington.

 

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