Environment Ocean Watch Public engagement is ‘part of our DNA’, says Eni Constructive dialogue is required to assess the pros and cons of gas and oil exploration off KwaZulu-Natal’s coastline, says Eni in a statement about its KwaZulu-Natal offshore gas and exploration plans. Eni in Africa Africa is Eni’s backbone. We have been operating in the continent for over 60 years, and are now present in 14 […] Written by rovingreporters October 18, 2018October 18, 2018
Environment Ocean Watch Rowdy reception for oil drillers Activists are unimpressed with a draft environmental impact assessment report on plans to explore for oil and gas off the KwaZulu-Natal coast. Fred Kockott and Thabiso Goba report. Written by rovingreporters October 15, 2018October 18, 2018
Environment Ocean Watch Yes Minister? What Environmental Affairs told Roving Reporters Roving Reporters sent Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa a list of questions about her department’s apparent tardiness in expanding South Africa’s Marine Protected Areas. Written by fredkockott September 15, 2018September 26, 2018
Environment Ocean Watch Scientists up demands for government to protect oceans A group of young marine scientists are questioning why government is stalling on declaring a network of Marine Protection Areas (MPAs). Fred Kockott reports Written by fredkockott September 14, 2018September 26, 2018
Environment Ocean Watch Oceans Without Limits expedition Tracking impact plastic pollution around islands of the West Indian Ocean After twenty-one years of calling the Indian Ocean his “office”, Cape Town’s Gert Muller is about to embark on a trip of a lifetime and for a good cause too, writes Diony Lalieu. Former oil rig diver, Gert Muller is about to fulfil a […] Written by fredkockott July 15, 2018August 25, 2018
Environment Ocean Watch Salt water flows through her veins Salt water flows through Nikki Chapman’s veins, so the the Ocean Stewards programme is the perfect home for Nikki Chapman, write Myrtle Ryan and Bukeka Silekwa. Written by fredkockott May 28, 2018September 17, 2018
Environment Ocean Watch Environmental Affairs department fails to protect oceans The Department of Environmental Affairs is kow-towing to the gas and oil industry, warn marine scientists. Mervyn Naidoo and Fred Kockott report. Written by rovingreporters May 27, 2018September 26, 2018
Environment Ocean Watch Exploration comes with big risks The spectre of environmental disasters loomed large in the first public hearing on an Italian company’ plans to explore for deep sea oil and gas reserves off the KwaZulu-Natal coast. By Fred Kockott First published by the Sunday Tribune KAPOOF! Imagine an oil spill of the magnitude of what took place in the Gulf of […] Written by rovingreporters February 18, 2018March 26, 2024
Environment Ocean Watch Deep sea exploration plan wavers Report released, then withdrawn . . . Vast amounts of fossil fuel will be burned up in an extensive and potentially harmful deep-sea exploration for fossil fuels embedded deep in the earth’s crust not far off the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) shoreline Written by rovingreporters November 10, 2017August 25, 2018
Environment Ocean Watch Verdict still out on seismic impacts Has loud underwater noise from the oil and gas exploration industry caused whale and dolphin deaths along the KwaZulu-Natal coast? Written by rovingreporters November 10, 2017August 25, 2018