Activists in South Africa Protest Fracking, Call Boycott

Anti-fracking activists have upped the ante against the exploration for gas in the Karoo by lamenting the failure of government to regulate mining pollution, and have called for a boycott against Shell.
  • South Africa:   Activists Protest Against Fracking

    West Cape News, 25 September 2012

    Scores of anti-fracking activists including clerics and children upped the ante against the exploration for gas in the Karoo which has been sanctioned by the government. Read more »

File photo: Capetonians march in 2011 against Shell's fracking plans in the Karoo.

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