'Press release: Earthlife Africa march on the French Consulate to demand an end to coal', 14 May 2015:…[O]ver a thousand protesters…march[ed] on the French consulate in Johannesburg…[to] demand that the French government and the French company, Engie (formally GDF Suez) stop supporting dirty coal in South Africa and support sustainable renewable energy instead. France will host COP 21 this year, and its plan to build the Thabametsi power station in South Africa will be a stain on it’s…image…Energy Policy Officer at Earthlife Africa…Dominique Doyle explains: “…Thabamesti is a sign that France is not serious about the global effort to mitigate climate change”…Earthlife Africa…’s Makoma Lekalakala says: “France should have learnt…[that] [c]oal is not the answer to energy poverty”...Earthlife Africa…call[s] on the…[French] government and energy company to divest from dirty energy in developing countries like South Africa.