# The Green Connection is warning that the draft regulations in the Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Act could erode democratic participation, sideline affected communities and accelerate environmental harm. The Act is currently under review by the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources. Green Connection says that at the heart of its concern is the disconnect between what the government says about its climate commitments, while simultaneously proposing regulations that appear to promote a fossil fuel-centred trajectory. It adds that the country should urgently shift toward a renewable and sustainable energy pathway.
Green Connection concerned by draft regulations in the Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Act