Big win for activists as Kenyan court blocks coal plant
Judge of Kenya's National Environment Tribunal Mohammed Balala reads the ruling on the appeal of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) licence for the proposed construction of a coal plant in Lamu, during the trial at the Supreme Court in Nairobi, June, 26, 2019. PHOTO | SIMON MAINA | AFP
Kenya's environment court blocked Wednesday the construction of a coal-fired power station on the country's idyllic Indian Ocean coast, in a move hailed as a major victory by campaigners fighting a years-long battle against the scheme.
The fossil-fuel project -- the first of its kind in East Africa -- has outraged activists, who say clean renewable sources are becoming ever cheaper and note that Kenya already derives much of its energy from hydro and thermal.
