LETTER: Phase out fossil fuels
Latest Umbilo River ecological disaster highlights problematic nature of transporting oil
25 October 2020 - 17:34
The crude oil spill in the Umbilo River in Durban refers. No matter how you spin it, fossil fuels inevitably carry the risk of putting the environment and surrounding communities in peril.
As a resident of Durban, I see daily the wildlife that is dependent on the river system, and the communities that are connected along the river. Precious ecosystems like these, which canal into a natural heritage site made of the last remaining mangrove forests in Durban bay, are never safe while we are locked into dependence on fossil fuels...
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