POLITICALLY AWEH: SA’s surprise environment minister vows efficiency, green projects and no fracking

POLITICALLY AWEH: SA’s surprise environment minister vows efficiency, green projects and no fracking

In news that still has climate activists blinking like they’ve been hit with tear gas at a Budget vote protest, Dr Dion George, formerly lost in a jungle of spreadsheets, is now South Africa’s actual minister of forestry, fisheries and the environment. Yes. That environment. The one that’s currently overheating, flooding, drying out and being auctioned off to oil and gas companies.