Shell to go ahead with seismic tests in whale breeding grounds after court win
Royal Dutch Shell will move ahead with seismic tests to explore for oil in vital whale breeding grounds along South Africa’s eastern coastline after a court dismissed an 11th-hour legal challenge by environmental groups.
The judgment, by a South African high court, allows Shell to begin firing within days extremely loud sound waves through the relatively untouched marine environment of the Wild Coast, which is home to whales, dolphins and seals.
Campaigners filed an urgent legal challenge against the seismic survey, which was scheduled to begin on Wednesday, but the last-minute interdict was dismissed by a judge on Friday morning.
Green groups fear exploring for oil could disrupt the sea mammals’ habitat and damage the ecologically diverse and
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