The High Court of South Africa has declared government plans for new coal-fired power capacity as unlawful, violating the constitutional right to health. The decision follows a challenge by environmental groups who argued that new coal plants would harm public health.
The High Court of South Africa has ruled that government plans for new coal-fired power capacity are unlawful as they violate the constitutional right to health. South Africa ’s government has planned to seek 1.5 gigawatts GW of new coal-fired electricity capacity. But the plans have been challenged in court by activists who argued that new coal plants could lead to damages to public health.
dollars in health costs if a proposal to delay the decommissioning of coal-fired power plants goes through, a Finland-based Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air CREA said earlier this year.
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