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 | SPAIN: FIRE AT CEPSA REFINERY
November 12th, 2007
On November 9, 2007, in the evening the ESG received numerous calls from concerned individuals as well as Plataforma colleagues from Spain due to explosions and emergency flaring at the CEPSA Oil Refinery. |
 | MEP PRESENTS DAMNING REPORT ON CAMPO POLLUTION TO EU COMMISSION
November 8th, 2007
A detailed technical report commissioned by a British MEP and delivered to European environment commissioner Stavros Dimas last month contains a damning assessment of pollution levels in the Campo de Gibraltar. It concluded that “continuous and unsustainable” expansion of the Campo industrial base is creating “an increasingly hazardous environment” for residents in the area. |
| Green Pressure Mounts on Refinery
by Brian Reyes
September 15th, 2006
Environmental campaigners continue to put pressure on CEPSA and other big industries in Spain and Gibraltar to cut pollution levels in the Bay of Gribraltar. |
| Good Neighbor Campaign Launched Against Europe's Dirtiest Refinery
September 14th, 2006
Following a high level meeting between European Union Member of Parliament, CEPSA officials and an international refinery expert, local environmental groups have called the refinery to begin direct negotiations to rapidly implement a series of improvements aimed at dramatically reducing the most harmful pollutants from one of Europe’s dirtiest refinery. |
| International Expertise Should Inform Expedited Program for Most Polluting Refinery in EU
September 14th, 2006
Following a high level meeting between European Union Member of Parliament, CEPSA officials and an international refinery expert, local environmental groups have called the refinery to begin direct negotiations to rapidly implement a series of improvements aimed at dramatically reducing the most harmful pollutants from one of Europe’s dirtiest refinery. |
| WITH EQUIPMENT IN PLACE THE BAY BRIGADE WILL NOW TAKE OFF!!
May 7th, 2004
The ESG is delighted to announce that the prototype for the bucket to be used for air quality sampling is now ready and waiting for Denny Larson, leader of the global bucket brigade, to use when he arrives in Gibraltar on the 6th May. |
| GIBRALTAR BUCKET BRIGADE LAUNCHED
May 1st, 2004
An official launch of the Gibraltar Bucket Brigade was celebrated last night at the Youth Centre, organized by the Environmental Safety Group and featuring the return of Global Community Monitor Chairman Denny Larson. |
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