Project 90 lodges complaint over nuclear advert

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The Department of Energy has been handing out notebooks and water bottles which promote nuclear power. These promotional items state that nuclear power is clean, safe, reliable and afforable. Project 90 has lodged a complaint with the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa as we don’t agree that those statements can be substantiated. What is your view? Should the DoE be promoting nuclear power? Do you agree that it is safe, clean and affordable? Continue reading →

Counting the costs: nuclear

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In this final post of our three-part series looking at the true costs of coal, nuclear and fracking, we investigate nuclear power – and debunk the myths that it is cheap, clean and safe. Continue reading →

Making sustainable jobs a reality

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When different types of power generation technologies are debated, the creation of jobs is always an important consideration, particularly in South Africa where unemployment is high.

Brenda Martin, Project 90’s founding director, takes a closer look at the jobs that will be created in SA’s planned nuclear programme and makes the case that renewable energy solutions offer sustainable and better job opportunities because they can be locally created, long-term, distributed all over the country and can directly benefit women and poor communities.

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Investigating the costs of energy supply

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Can renewable energy keep the lights on? Issue # 2. As part of our weekly series on renewable energy, this week we start to share with you our findings on the true costs of energy supply, comparing the costs of coal, nuclear and renewable energy. As always, we invite you to give us feedback and point out any holes you spot in our arguments. Continue reading →

Short & Simple: why we don’t like nuclear

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You might remember we wrote about nuclear power a few weeks ago, sorting the fact from the fiction. We have now shortened this article into an attractive and easy to read flyer (which is also easy to print out and distribute!). Continue reading →