South Africa to lift fracking moratorium in Karoo Basin, despite concerns

Mongabay
Nov 17, 2025, 6:11 am366 ptsTop
$photo of South Africa to lift fracking moratorium in Karoo Basin, despite concerns image$ South Africa plans to lift a 13-year moratorium on shale gas exploration in the ecologically sensitive Karoo Basin, despite serious environmental and climate concerns raised by advocacy groups. In 2011, the government imposed a ban on hydraulic fracturing in the Karoo, a semidesert region spanning more than…

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