Melissa Fourie
@melissafourie.bsky.social
Working for environmental rights, climate justice and a just transition in Africa. Africa Regional Director at FILE Foundation.
Economics professor Andrew Phiri from NMMU looked at the relationship between renewable and non-renewable energy consumption and GDP growth in South Africa to find out which energy source is most compatible with economic development 🔽 (no surprises)
theconversation.com/sustainable-...
theconversation.com/sustainable-...
theconversation.com
February 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Economics professor Andrew Phiri from NMMU looked at the relationship between renewable and non-renewable energy consumption and GDP growth in South Africa to find out which energy source is most compatible with economic development 🔽 (no surprises)
theconversation.com/sustainable-...
theconversation.com/sustainable-...
Wondering what these figures look like for the polluted industrial areas in South Africa #lungcancer #deadlyair
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Air pollution causing 1,100 cases a year of main form of lung cancer in UK
Exclusive: Health experts and cancer charities say findings should serve as wake-up call to ministers
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Wondering what these figures look like for the polluted industrial areas in South Africa #lungcancer #deadlyair
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Reposted by Melissa Fourie
what oil companies say: "we're investing in the transition to cheaper cleaner energy"
what oil companies do:
what oil companies do:
February 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
what oil companies say: "we're investing in the transition to cheaper cleaner energy"
what oil companies do:
what oil companies do:
Reposted by Melissa Fourie
Cannot stop thinking about how Octavia Butler wrote a book in 1993 about climate change. It opens with deadly fires in LA in 2025. In the story, a fascist President has just won office with the campaign slogan "Make America Great Again."
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
January 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Cannot stop thinking about how Octavia Butler wrote a book in 1993 about climate change. It opens with deadly fires in LA in 2025. In the story, a fascist President has just won office with the campaign slogan "Make America Great Again."
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
A far-reaching decision by the South African High Court yesterday about the obligation to consider impacts on children when making decisions about coal power ⬇️
cer.org.za/news/press-r...
cer.org.za/news/press-r...
PRESS RELEASE: COURT RULES NO NEW COAL FIRED POWER – Centre for Environmental Rights
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Court Victory – No new coal fired power The North Gauteng High Court, on 4 December, handed down judgment in the landmark
cer.org.za
December 5, 2024 at 12:10 PM
A far-reaching decision by the South African High Court yesterday about the obligation to consider impacts on children when making decisions about coal power ⬇️
cer.org.za/news/press-r...
cer.org.za/news/press-r...
New #disability rights litigation in the South African Labour Court next week ⬇️
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Press Release: Former CTICC employee fighting for her rights as a disabled person in the workplace.
mailchi.mp
November 20, 2024 at 2:03 PM
New #disability rights litigation in the South African Labour Court next week ⬇️
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