Elma Pollard - 18 Nov - Major climate impacts destroy another coal power plant

Last week, environmental justice groups Earthlife Africa and groundWork, who have been challenging the Thabametsi power station in court since 2016, secured agreement from both Thabametsi and the state for the environmental authorisation issued for this power plant by the Department of Environment to be set aside. The first environmental authorisation for this plant was set aside by the Pretoria High Court in 2017 in South Africa’s first climate change court case. Elma tells more on what she labels a good news story of HOPE that highlights the power of taking a stand...