Environment minister not fighting government’s move to delay plans to lower air pollution levels: Barbara Creecy told parliament during a question-and-answer session this week that the government could not switch off the units at coal-fired power…
She said in the next two months there were units that were to be switched off at Camden coal power station but this will not happen.“The minister of energy [Gwede Mantashe] is of the opinion that now is not the appropriate time to decommission those units. We can still meet our NDC [nationally determined contribution] that deals with pollution controls targets by 2030 and we can make a decision to delay taking these units at Camden offline at a later point between now and 2030.
Creecy said the government was not reversing its goal of investing more in renewable energy in the future.She said the government was committed to reducing carbon emissions by 2030 to avoid physical risks of climate change, including droughts, floods and other disasters.Creecy said she had appealed to the government to be mindful of the need to control pollution, particularly carbon and sulphur emissions.
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