SACSIS is concerned about the impact of climate change and environmental degradation on the lives of the poor. The poor carry a disproportionate burden as result of environmental injustice. SACSIS supports the ethical, balanced and responsible use of land and renewable resources.
Ailing Climate Negotiations and the Future of Coal
Saliem Fakir - The race to invent a new energy future is not waiting for the last sack of coal to be dug out of the ground. This new future is being shaped despite the intensity of coal use in South Africa.
Subhankar Banerjee - Oil companies are desperate to drill under some of the worst conditions imaginable. Will the Obama Administration allow Shell Oil to do to arctic waters what BP did to the Gulf of Mexico?
Righting the Wrongs of the Copenhagen Fraud: Bolivia Charts a New Climate Course
Michelle Pressend - Bolivia will use its forthcoming international climate conference to highlight the unfairness of current climate negotiations and address critical issues that affect countries from the South.
Marine and Coastal Management: Change is Needed But Not the Changes that Government Proposes
Glenn Ashton - Marine and Coastal Management has utterly failed to meaningfully transform the fishing sector. Subsistence fishermen remain as marginalised as ever, living hand to mouth at the edges of society.
The NERSA Hearings: Time for an Autonomous Energy Movement
Saliem Fakir - NERSA was merely going through the motions when it conducted the electricity tariff hike public hearings. Ultimately, Treasury and the cabinet decide what can be afforded or imposed on the public.
Eskom is the Problem, Not the Solution
Glenn Ashton - Given our recent history with power supply shortages, Eskom appears to be the natural place to seek solutions. Instead, Eskom has shown itself unable to devise creative solutions.
Copenhagen Accord Makes Sham of Global Environmental Justice
Michelle Pressend - There is little recognition that 400 years of capitalism is the underlying cause of global warming. Market-driven solutions will only exacerbate the climate crisis and global inequality.
We Have a Way to Go to Achieve Justice for All - It has long been the case that not all are equal before the law. The justice system inevitably provides greater benefits to those with the means to both access and exploit it.
Withdrawal or Enduring Presence? US Military Continues to Invest Hundreds of Millions in Iraq Bases - In his Oval Office address Tuesday night, President Obama said the US had closed or transferred hundreds of bases to the Iraqis. But many US bases remain in Iraq, as well as the massive US embassy in Baghdad, the size of eighty football fields, reports Democracy Now, as it features a report on the reality of US bases in Iraq.
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