The state of disaster on the energy crisis shouldn't be seen as an opportunity to bring more power online, at the expense of people and the planet, says a climate activist. | News24_Business
Environmental justice groups have raised concerns of the impact of increased sulphur dioxide exposure to human health and life.Eskom has been granted an exemption to fast-track an application process to exceed emission limits at Kusile, subject to conditions.
The power utility will still have to apply for an exemption with the National Air Quality officer, but this will be for a once-off postponement that will apply until 31 March 2025. from Kusile unit 1 in October 2022. The failure also impacted the operations at units 2 and unit 3. This means over 2 000 MW of power is out of service.
"In the light of the competing factors, I have been called on to make an extraordinarily difficult decision," Creecy said. The state of disaster should not be an opportunity to rush through and push forward opportunities to bring power online, at the expense of people and planet. "Other organ systems can also be affected through symptoms like skin redness, damage to the eyes and mucous membranes, and worsening of existing heart disease," Brand added.close to 80 000 people risk losing their lives if Eskom
The legal permissibility of an application to bypass SO2 pollution control at Kusile Units 1-3 is highly questionable. Due consideration should be given to the significant health impacts associated with exposure to SO2 and other pollutants emitted by Eskom’s coal-fired power stations - including hundreds of projected air pollution-related deaths.
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