Sasol Blamed For Climate Change Crimes
Environmental organisations have staged a mock trial, asking petrochemicals group, Sasol to answer for climate change crimes.
Earthlife Africa, which led the protest, says Sasol produces 21 percent of South Africa’s total yearly greenhouse-gas emissions. The organisation argues that Sasol alone emits 75.4 million tons of greenhouse-gases each year.
Earthlife Africa energy policy officer, Tristen Taylor, states that the organisation also wants Sasol to put plans for a new plant in the Waterberg on hold.
About 300 people, many from communities surrounding Sasol’s plants in Sasolburg and Secunda, gathered to witness the trial, which featured Sasol as a bespectacled character in khaki shorts and a shirt, with Death as a black-robed executioner standing by.
To read the article titled, “Sasol urged to put new plant on hold,” click here.
Earthlife Africa, which led the protest, says Sasol produces 21 percent of South Africa’s total yearly greenhouse-gas emissions. The organisation argues that Sasol alone emits 75.4 million tons of greenhouse-gases each year.
Earthlife Africa energy policy officer, Tristen Taylor, states that the organisation also wants Sasol to put plans for a new plant in the Waterberg on hold.
About 300 people, many from communities surrounding Sasol’s plants in Sasolburg and Secunda, gathered to witness the trial, which featured Sasol as a bespectacled character in khaki shorts and a shirt, with Death as a black-robed executioner standing by.
To read the article titled, “Sasol urged to put new plant on hold,” click here.
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<br /> Business Day
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