Tribunal told Lamu Coal Plant will lead to deaths
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First-of-Its-Kind Clean Coal Plant May Not Burn Coal at All
A first-of-its-kind “clean coal” power plant that utility owner Southern Co. spent years constructing in Mississippi may end up burning no coal at all — and instead just run like a natural gas generator. After years of delays and billions of dollars in cost overruns,
Lamu coal plant could kill 1,600 people – lobby group
The controversial Lamu coal plant could kill at least 1,600 people through dangerous pollutants and leave thousands more with life-threatening illnesses, one witness told the Environment Tribunal yesterday. He said the proposed plant’s Environment and Social Impact Assessment omits the impact of the pollutants on
Environment CS Wakhungu turns her back on Lamu’s 204 billion coal project
Environment Cabinet Secretary Judi Wakhungu has said her ministry is opposed to the proposed Sh204.3 billion coal plant in Lamu. Prof Wakhungu said the energy project would destroy the local environment and affect the health of the population. Her declaration appears to be a total
deCOALonize Kenya
Stemming from the latest conflicts around South Africa’s pending nuclear power expansion programme, said to be one of the largest government tenders in post-Apartheid South Africa, welcome news has arrived from Kenya’s Save Lamu community-based campaign and the deCOALonize movement opposing the development of a 1
CS Environment, Prof Judi Wakhungu says Coal isn’t Clean
The Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Regional Development, Prof. Judi Wakhungu stated that coal isn’t clean contrary to previous government position and claims by the project proponents, Amu Power. Those arguing against environmentalists opposing the projects have always maintained that the project will use clean coal technologies
Political economy of Lamu coal plant and why we don’t need it
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence,” said John Adams, the second President of the United States. Do we need a 1,000MW coal power plant?
Culture, Climate Change and the Real Cost of Coal
This week, an important meeting of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee came to an underwhelming end; thousands of people across the world were hoping the Committee, in its 41st session just concluded in Poland, would live up to
Coal plant hearing stalls for second time
Hearings on the controversial Lamu coal plant have failed to take off again after two members of the National Environment Tribunal failed to show up. Local conservation group Save Lamu has opposed the issuance of a licence by Nema for the Sh210 billion coal-based plant
Coal plant hearing stalls for second time
Hearings on the controversial Lamu coal plant have failed to take off again after two members of the National Environment Tribunal failed to show up. Local conservation group Save Lamu has opposed the issuance of a licence by Nema for the Sh210 billion coal-based plant