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Takeaways:
- A court in South Africa has rejected a permit for oil and gas exploration in the sea bed off the wild coast.
- The permit would have allowed an oil giant to use seismic testing to map the floor.
- Environmentalists, local fishing communities, and scientists fought against this project as the noise would endanger sound-sensitive wildlife.
Click here to view the original web page at: A Court Blocks Oil Exploration and Underwater Seismic Testing Off South Africa’s ‘Wild Coast’
