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SHUT DOWN SHELL OIL DEPOT, PHILIPPINES SUPREME COURT ORDERS
March 7th, 2007
Friends of the Earth International welcomed today's ruling of the Philippines Supreme Court, which ordered the Manila City government to shut down the Pandacan oil depot. Read more.

Shell safety record in North Sea takes a hammering
by Terry MacalisterThe Guardian
March 5th, 2007
Shell has been repeatedly warned by the Health and Safety Executive about the poor state of its North Sea platforms, according to information obtained by the Guardian.

Russian watchdog to complete eco-damage assessment on Sakhalin II - 1
RIA Novosti
February 14th, 2007
A deputy head of Russia's environmental watchdog said that an assessment of damage caused by the Sakhalin II oil and gas project in Russia's Far East (a former Shell project) can be expected by late summer 2007.

Shell hires Bush's environmental adviser
by Terry MacalisterThe Guardian
February 5th, 2007
Gale Norton, a former interior secretary for the Bush administration and a supporter of opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other sensitive environmental landscapes for oil production, has taken up a senior legal post at Shell.

OIL SPILL AT THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
February 3rd, 2007
Climate activists splatter oil across photo exhibition in outrage at Shell greenwash tactics. Link to photographs of the protest in the article.

IRELAND


THE IRISH TIMES - FEBRUARY 26, 2007 Rights group to study Corrib gas dispute
February 24th, 2007
An international environmental and human rights group has sent a fact-finding delegation to north Mayo this week to investigate

Irish Shell Protestors Honored in San Francisco at St. Pat's Day Parade
The San Francisco Sentinel
March 1st, 2006
The Rossport Five, residents of County Mayo, served as honorary grand marshals of this year's San Francisco St. Partick's Day parade. Assisted by the Irish Northern Aid (INA), which raises funds to help support families of imprisoned Irish political prisoners, two of the men were invited to the Bay Area event.

The Silence of The Irish Farmers
by Patrick NaagbantonThe Port Harcourt Telegraph
August 31st, 2005
Riding The Dragon; Royal Dutch Shell and The Fossil Fire, is a befitting title of a publication by the American group, Environmental Health Fund (EHF), written in 2002 by Jack Doyle, a Washington-based writer and researcher. The author had argued in the 351-page book "Royal Dutch Shell is a giant oil company with annual gross sales exceeding $175 billion. It is typically ranked as the world's No. 1 or No. 2 oil company. It is also the world's seventh largest chemical company. Shell has been developing Fossil energy-coal, oil and gas for more than 100 years ".

Shell's Reckless Action to Jail Five Irish Farmers and Supporters Protests Erupt Throughout Ireland
June 6th, 2005
AFTER 94 days in prison, five men tasted freedom yesterday after an epic David and Goliath battle with the multinational Shell oil company.

ENGLAND


BEHIND THE SHINE - The Real Impacts of Shell's Work Around the World
June 23rd, 2004
Download a copy of Behind the Shine- the other Shell Report 2003 which outlines the true costs and impacts of Shell's activities on the communities that live where Shell operate.

Bucket brigades to create environmental monitoring communities
Edie Weekly
October 3rd, 2003
Groups of concerned residents in two of the UK's most heavily industrialised areas have this week initiated "bucket brigades", organisations which will implement user-friendly techniques to assess the air quality in their local area.

Teesside Bucket Brigade Launches
Friends of the Earth
September 29th, 2003
Residents of Teesside are to launch England's first ever "bucket brigade" joining an international group of communities fighting pollution with their own sampling devices.

SPAIN / GIBRALTAR


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.

Gibraltar EU Parliment Member takes CEPSA refinery case to European Commission
October 25th, 2007
Mr Parish also presented the Commissioner with an almost 14,000 strong petition of local residents and a technical report on the refinery that he commissioned, which was produced by Denny Larson of the Global Community Monitor.

CEPSA is fined 150,000 Euros by La Junta (article in Spanish)
November 10th, 2006
La Junta is fining CEPSA for breaching sulphur dioxide levels on November 5th and 6th, 2006.

Unsafe Levels of Nickel Pollution Found Near Refinery (Puente Mayorga supera los niveles permitidos en níquel)
September 30th, 2006





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