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Durban, South Africa: Oil Depot Inferno
October 4th, 2007
Hundreds of residents on the Bluff in Durban had to be evacuated after three tanks exploded at about 6.30 pm. The blaze could not be contained and by 10.30 pm had spread to six more tanks in the depot

Use profits to clean up your mess, Shell told
The Mercury (Durban)
February 1st, 2007
Environmental groups around the world tell Shell to use their profits to clean up their mess.

Desmond D'Sa Honored by Sunday Times Profile in South Africa
by Brett HornerSunday Times
May 27th, 2003
Desmond D'Sa is Wentworth's own environmental terrier. For 13 years he has been a watchdog snapping at the heels of errant companies, particularly major oil refineries, who have polluted their way through decades of industrial expansion in south Durban.

Police Accused of Harassing Community Activist Over Pollution Protest
by Tony Carnie IOL
November 26th, 2002
The South African police service has been accused of "harassing" a community environmental activist after a placard protest at Mondi's paper factory in Durban last week.

Greenpeace activists storm refinery
by Farhana Ismail
September 4th, 2002
On the final day of the World Summit, Greenpeace activists did what governments, they say, failed to do. They stormed the Sapref refinery in Prospecton, gaining access to a bridge that crosses the Umlaas Canal to drop an anti-pollution banner.

Five Hundred Picket Shell/BP refinery
by Samantha Enslin
September 4th, 2002
Sapref digs in heels on emissions

Residents March on Shell/BP refinery in Durban
by Farhana Ismail
September 3rd, 2002
Sapref to fund new look at leaking pipelines

Communities Announce New Report on Royal Dutch Shell Corporation's Global Operations and Environmental Impacts.
August 20th, 2002
Web Site Launched to Collect Stories from Shell Neighbors for New Book to be released later This Year.

BUCKET BRIGADE STRIKES AGAIN - SASOL APARTHEID ERA GOLIATH TACKLED BY LOCALS
June 9th, 2002
Where there are chemical industries, you’re most likely to find pollution, right? And that’s why this group, a part of the National Community Environment Monitors, called the Bucket Brigade, speaks to affected communities.

Bucket Brigade Activists Travel to World Summit on Environment to Put Global Spotlight on Cancer Alley Polluters - Lack of Accountability
A delegation of Bucket Brigade activists from Louisiana and Texas will travel to the World Summit on the Environment in Johannesburg, South Africa, to highlight the global problem of corporate irresponsibility and pollution.

The Vaal: Regional Bucket Brigades Gather to Spread the Strategy & Engage Government and Industry in Air Quality Campaign

GCM assists in launch of new Bucket Brigade in Zululand: Richards Bay

SDCEA Bids Farewell to Fierce Local Fighter for Clean Air and Justice: Herbert Badstubner

South Durban Expands Community Monitoring Network as Refineries Continue to Poison the Air, Spread Money for Development and Push for Expansions

SDCEA Expands & Explores New Pollution Monitoring in Effort to Clean Up the Air





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