From 28th to 29th January 2020, MELCA-Ethiopia, Oil Change International, Health of Mother Earth Foundation, Oxfam, and Power Shift Africa convened the Africa Energy Leaders Summit at the Ambassador Hotel in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. At the Summit, civil society leaders – representing twenty-seven (27) organizations, networks, and community resistance groups from Africa and around the… Read More
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I am Wangari Maathai – deCOALonize takes part in the celebration of the life and work of the late Professor Wangari Maathai at Uhuru Park: In pictures
On Sunday 3rd November, individuals and organizations congregated at Uhuru Park to celebrate the life and work of Kenya’s most iconic environmentalist and the 2004 Nobel Laureate the late Prof. Wangari Maathai. This celebration was also a way of reminding the public and the present government the efforts Prof. Wangari Maathai and the Greenbelt movement… Read More
Kenyans turn up in their hundreds to mark global climate strike and demand President Uhuru honor the pledge to transition to 100% renewable energy by 2020
By Abiud Onyach 20th September lived up to the hype. It was moving to see so many adults in Kenya and around the world leaving their work and home to come out to support a movement started by children globally. Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old founder of the global climate strike was first introduced to the… Read More
Vigilance in the Aftermath of the Victorious Judgement
By: Serena Naresh The week of July 15, the deCOALonize Campaign together with lawyers from Natural Justice, and the Katiba Institute went to Lamu and held two major meetings in Lamu East and Lamu West to help the communities in Lamu understand the National Environment Tribunal (NET) judgment on the Lamu Coal Plant. Save Lamu… Read More
UNESCO Calls for Halting of Proposed Lamu Coal Plant
Members of Save Lamu and deCOALonize were present at the UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee during – 43rd session in Baku, Azerbaijan. You can download the deCOALonize press release on the same: UNESCO Calls for Halting of Proposed Lamu Coal PlantDownload UWorld Heritage Committee calls for the Government of Kenya to stop the Lamu coal plant… Read More
deCOALonize team meets with Chinese Ambassador to Kenya WU Peng over controversial Lamu coal plant
deCOALonize meeting with Chinese EnvoyDownload Members of deCOALonize campaign with the Chinese Ambassador to Kenya Chinese ambassador to Kenya Wu Peng invites deCOALonize members for a meeting tells them he personally doesn’t support coal plants In an extra ordinary move, the Chinese ambassador to Kenya Wu Peng invited members of the deCOALonize campaign to discuss… Read More
Lamu Residents Celebrate the Cancellation of the Lamu Coal Power Plant license
Members of the National Environment Tribunal (NET) delivering their judgment on the ESIA appeal case By deCOALonize On Wednesday 26th June, Kenya’s National Environment Tribunal (NET) made a landmark ruling that set aside the license granted to Amu Power Company Ltd by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) to construct a 1050MW coal plant in… Read More
deCOALonize, Greenpeace Africa Demand Stop to Kenya Coal Investments
Link to PDF of this press release. For Immediate Release: deCOALonize Campaign partners and Greenpeace Africa Demand a Stop to Coal Investments in Kenya. Nairobi, 12 June 2019 – Communities from Lamu and Kitui together with Greenpeace Africa and members of the deCOALonize coalition have today handed over letters to the Ministry of Energy and… Read More
The Star editorial: Scrap Lamu coal plant
Link to original editorial in The Star “It’s time to scrap Lamu coal plant” An American think tank claims that power from the Lamu coal plant could cost up to 10 times the predicted 7.2 US cents per KWh (see P15). Originally the 1,045 MW plant was supposed to exploit coal from the Mui Basin… Read More
AFP: Kenyans protest bid to build East Africa’s first coal plant
Nairobi (AFP) – Scores of Kenyans on Wednesday protested against a project to build a coal power station near the Lamu archipelago, a popular tourist spot that includes a UNESCO World Heritage site and boasts vibrant marine life. The power station, which has been in the planning stages for about six years, has faced fierce… Read More
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