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 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
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
“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?
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
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
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
The Kenya for Justice and Development Trust (KEJUDE) is demanding government’s full disclosure on the dealings of Amu Power Company. This comes just a month after energy cabinet secretary Charles Keter confirmed progress on the development of Lamu coal power station, which is being developed
The lobby is apprehensive that the government made concessions against the public interest, including Kenya Power, which will be forced to purchase power it does not need or face punitive sanctions. “It’s suspected t the government has undermined the public interest by entering into concessions
We are a country moving towards coal production while the rest of the world bids goodbye in the hope that this can power us into the future. We’re turning a blind eye to the harzadous accompaniments of health complications, killing marine life, air pollution etc.