 Moratorium on Karoo FrackingApr 21, 2011 Reuters – South Africa’s cabinet placed a moratorium on Thursday on oil and gas exploration licenses in the semi-arid Karoo region, where the controversial shale extraction technique of “fracking” might be deployed. The Karoo is a vast and ecologically sensitive region that is high on the radar screen of conservationists. “Cabinet has [...] |
 Overwhelming NO to FrackingSo far we have received an amazing response to our petition to stop hydraulic fracturing in the Karoo, with over 400 signatures collected so far. Here is a sample of comments from people that have signed the petition and are clearly outraged at the idea of risking our environment in this irresponsible way. Please see [...] |
 Can nanotechnology help rescue our water?Finding new ways to tackle the growing challenge of accessing clean drinking water has become a priority for most countries around the world, including South Africa. With recent statistics indicating that more people are dying annually from unsafe water than from all forms of violence combined, including war, there has never been a greater global [...] |
 Dam Levels Western Cape – 14 Feb 2011Western Cape Province State of Dams on 2011-02-14 # Means latest available data FSC is full storage capacity in million cubic meters Dam River FSC This Week Last Week Last Year Berg River dam Berg River 127.1 77.3 80.2 95.8 Brandvlei Dam Lower Brandvlei River 284.3 52.9 54.8 61.9 Buffeljags Dam Buffeljags River 4.6 100 [...] |
 No Vision in Karoo Fracking PlansNo vision in Karoo fracking plans What is it going to take to stop the plans to threaten our sensitive Karoo region from being destroyed by Shell’s plans to blow it apart in search of natural gas? A controversial application by oil giant Shell to explore for gas in an area of the Karoo should [...] |
 What the Frack? Shell Looking to Drill the Karoo’s ResourcesJournalist Heather Dugmore is up in arms about Shell’s bid to start hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) over 30000 square kilometres in the Karoo in the hunt for natural gas reserves. Here’s her article “Will Shell Frack up the Karoo?” which ran widely in the press this week: Farmers, communities, environmental organisations, geologists and water specialists are [...] |
 Businesses concerned by water useFuture water shortages are a growing concern for business, according to a global survey published today. The research shows that more than half of the 147 firms responding expect problems with water in the next 1-5 years. It says 60% of firms have already set performance targets on the way they use water. The report [...] |
 Western Cape faces severe restrictions – Car washes under the loop.The necessity of saving water is still in our faces, just as we thought it might be the beginning of the end with the resent rains we had. But just the opposite is becoming a reality. At Water Rhapsody, we want to urge the public to start another thinking mode than what they were used [...] |
 Water Rhapsody’s Neuhoff cracks SA Man of the WeekSeen in the magazine, SA Men, Werner Neuhoff takes role of SA Man of the Week with the following article attached As the world confronts the growing scarcity of the most indispensable resource, fresh water, a global body of female thought leaders will convene in Canada in October to explore and better understand what’s at [...] |
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