Keyword: energy economy

Coal, Nuclear & Gas Lobbies Hold Back Progress Made on Carbon Policy in SA

Picture: SACSIS Video South Africa has made good progress on climate policy, but that could be held up by a new emerging political economy in the country that can only be described as "more coal, more nuclear, and more gas", said Saliem Fakir of the WWF at a seminar, which explored the potential for a transition to a clean energy economy. Sadly for South Africans, while there is an understanding of the level of carbon intensity in the country, we are only likely to shift towards a low carbon economy...