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Earthlife Africa loses Eskom Board minutes Court Case
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On Friday, December 15, Earthlife Africa Cape Town (ELA) received the judgment of the court case which it has launched against Eskom. read more
 AFRICAN GROUPS ACCUSE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME AND USAID OF DENYING AFRICA'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE TO REJECT GM FOOD AID read more |
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| ENVIRONMENTALISTS, COMMUNITY GROUPS AND TRADE UNIONS JOIN FORCES TO DEMAND NUCLEAR SUMMIT Read more |
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| PBMR TOO COSTLY FOR BULK ELECTRICITY SAY INVESTORS read more |
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 Earthlife had hoped that the envisaged long term cost of nuclear power in the UK, and the multi-billion pound cleanup bill that the government and ultimately the British people will have to bear, would be enough to convince our government that nuclear power is uneconomical. Gambling with taxpayers money on questionable technology in the hope that this time nuclear energy will not be a complete loss is unacceptable. Funds should rather be channelled into energy efficiency, renewable energy technology and safer, cleaner, long term solutions to energy in South Africa.
PBMR financially risky
In 2002 the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism commissioned an international panel of experts to do a feasability study on the PBMR. This study has not been published. One of the panelists, Steve Thomas, a senior researcher at the University of Greenwich, was commissioned to conduct his own economic feasability study by the Legal Resources Centre. His conclusions are that the PBMR project is a financially risky venture and a costly white elephant that the South African tax payers will underwrite. [Full Story...]
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