Our friends and allies in Kenya just won a tremendous victory — the National Environment Tribunal (NET) of Kenya has cancelled the licence previously granted to Amu Power, the developer of the controversial Lamu Coal Plant.
After years of inspiring and creative campaigning from the climate movement, the Kenyan National Environment Tribunal (NET) has just cancelled that license, citing the lack of effective public participation and social and environmental risks among other reasons.
Petitioners from Lamu celebrating the NET judgment. National Environment Tribunal observed that public participation and EIA study are the oxygen in any project. And that they can’t excuse non-compliance. #LamuCoalJudgment #deCOALonize pic.twitter.com/dn6xdfJfdz
— deCOALonize Kenya (@deCOALonize) June 26, 2019
This is a huge victory for the climate movement, environmental rights, for the Lamu community and for our planet. Join us in the celebration: watch and share this 1-min video on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter and help the news spread far and wide!
This outcome proves once again that people power is unstoppable — and that when we mobilise and fight, we win. From emails, social media shares to the creative protests and letter-writing campaigns we helped organize, from small and localised meetings to huge rallies, we pushed and pushed and didn’t give up, even in the face of intractable targets.
This momentous ruling is a major step toward a fossil free Kenya.
What the deCOALonize movement accomplished in Kenya is the kind of bold and visionary action that puts us on the offensive against the fossil fuel industry. We need more of this kind of action in Kenya and around the continent. .
Today, we take a moment to celebrate. And tomorrow, we get back to work. We’ll keep the pressure on our elected officials at all levels, and fight for our climate and safety of our communities. City by city, province by province, country by country we won’t stop working to build people power for bold action that matches the scale needed to avoid catastrophic climate impacts. Share the video on your social media to help spread the word about this milestone!
This unprecedented victory is proof that by collectively fighting for a more just and sustainable world, we’re able to defeat the devastating fossil fuel industry — and widen the horizon of the future we can create.
This victory is also a signal to every other governments, countries and multinationals: Africa is not for sale. Together, we can start building a Fossil Free Africa.