Times Live: Fracking licences to be issued before we can see eco impact assessment - TKAG (South Africa_
The department of minerals is going ahead with plans to issue exploration licences before the release of results of a two-year strategic environmental assessment (SEA) into fracking‚ the Treasure Karoo Action Group (TKAG) said on Monday.
Last month‚ the TKAG cautiously welcomed the announcement of the SEA by science and technology minister Naledi Pandor and environmental affairs minster Edna Molewa‚ saying it was “fundamental step in the appropriate evaluation of shale gas in South Africa‚ and it is a process for which for which we have been calling since 2011”.
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