Cross-post https://fromtheroots.co.ke/we-dont-need-the-lamu-coal-plant/ I got caught out on this post when the Supreme Court annulled the August election results after I had drafted the post and all…. The annulment [and everything that followed it] resulted in an extra-long election period and collective holding of breath accompanied
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND ORDERS A. On the Question of Jurisdiction i. The Court found that the case presented by the Petitioners is a hybrid one, where majority of the issues raised involved the interpretation and application of fundamental rights and freedoms which gives this
Lamu Old Town: For 700 years, Swahili, Arabic, Indian and European cultures have lived together in the Old Town of Lamu, Kenya. Now the Kenyan government, together with Amu Power Company, have approved Lamu Coal Project, Kenya’s first coal fired power plant. The expansive new
NAIROBI, 20 April 2018 Hearings will resume from 23 to 25 April for the petition filed by Save Lamu to oppose the construction of the proposed Lamu Coal power plant. The community organization filed a petition in November 2016 with the National Environment Tribunal (NET).
Policy briefs by 50 organizations provide tools for achieving sustainable energy for all Without urgent action, the world will fall short of its 2030 energy targets and, consequently, fail to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a new publication supported by UN DESA says. Launched today, this
In Germany investments in renewable energy, particularly wind and solar, is incredibly substantial. Everywhere you go you can see PV solars and lots of wind turbines both onshore and offshore. Any power they produce in excess of their own demand will be purchased at a
The strongest argument against coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel, is an environmental one, a NationNewsplex review of pollution data shows. The planned Lamu coal-power plant would exceed all of Kenya’s existing emissions from fossil fuel plants and would be one of the worst emitters of
A fall in the cost of renewable energies, ever-improving technologies and the threat of climate change have all come together to make wind and solar energy more attractive than coal across the world. Still coal accounts for 40 per cent of global electricity, according to
deCOALonize has written an article for, Perspectives, a UNEP publication series that presents views from Major Groups and Stakeholders of Civil Society or about issues that are relevant for them. PERSPECTIVES is coordinated by UNEP’s Major Groups and Stakeholders Branch. “The Impacts on the Community of
Just before the start of this year’s round of international climate talks at COP23 in Germany, the UN’s Environment Programme published the 2017 edition of the Emissions Gap report. It delivers a stark message – that there is a “catastrophic climate gap” between where the