Photo: Karpowership The Turkish-led Karpowership consortium is weeks away from a deadline to finalise its 20-year supply deal with Eskom, but now faces multiple legal hurdles. The Green Scorpions are investigating whether the former head of SANParks provided misleading information to secure an emergency permit on Karpowership's behalf. The environment department has until 25 June to adjudicate Karpowership's application for environmental authorisation – and it may depend on what the investigators find. The Green Scorpions are investigating whether Karpowership SA or its environmental consultants provided misleading information to secure an emergency exemption from stringent provisions of the National Environmental Management Act (Nema).