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Thursday 30 January 2014
BRASIL DIZ NÃO - HANDS OFF IBIZA !!!
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Wednesday 29 January 2014
Bauza promises to Enforce their Weight in Madrid to Avoid Surveys
The President of the Balearic Government, José Ramón Bauzá, and those of the four insular consells staged yesterday putting up "a common front" to prevent campaigns from search for oil off the coast of Ibiza and Balears.
At the fourth Conference of Presidents of this Parliament, the first being held in Ibiza, Bauza said that "without any doubt" will assert, as the PP regional baron, its weight to the leadership of his party to try to prevent prospecting, although he recalled that already did long ago he and his counterpart in the Valencian Community, Alberto Fabra. «More than one year ago. It is not any new news.
I will do everything to avoid it», stressed the President. To seal its commitment, the head of the autonomous Executive fell to the lobby of the headquarters of the Council to sign their allegations against the environmental impact study of the Cairn Energy project at the Gulf of Valencia, which will add to the more than 20,000 collected so far by the Alliance Mar Blava.
So did the Presidents of the tips of Mallorca and Menorca, María Salom and Santiago Tadeo, who yesterday expressed his 'solidarity' with Ibiza against seismic campaign. Bauza stressed "strong rejection" of the Comunitat Autònoma against surveys and recalled that "the oil of the Islands is tourism".
«No to go get oil because we already have it. We will defend it where is and maximum institutions.
We cannot put at risk our economy or the protection of the environment", he said, at the time that said it has already moved to the Government its opposition to the planned projects and to the Balearic Islands Minister of environment, Gabriel Company, will accompany the Presidents of Ibiza and Formentera on 11 February in Brussels to meet with European Commissioner for the environmentJanez Potocnik.
At the fourth Conference of Presidents of this Parliament, the first being held in Ibiza, Bauza said that "without any doubt" will assert, as the PP regional baron, its weight to the leadership of his party to try to prevent prospecting, although he recalled that already did long ago he and his counterpart in the Valencian Community, Alberto Fabra. «More than one year ago. It is not any new news.
I will do everything to avoid it», stressed the President. To seal its commitment, the head of the autonomous Executive fell to the lobby of the headquarters of the Council to sign their allegations against the environmental impact study of the Cairn Energy project at the Gulf of Valencia, which will add to the more than 20,000 collected so far by the Alliance Mar Blava.
So did the Presidents of the tips of Mallorca and Menorca, María Salom and Santiago Tadeo, who yesterday expressed his 'solidarity' with Ibiza against seismic campaign. Bauza stressed "strong rejection" of the Comunitat Autònoma against surveys and recalled that "the oil of the Islands is tourism".
«No to go get oil because we already have it. We will defend it where is and maximum institutions.
We cannot put at risk our economy or the protection of the environment", he said, at the time that said it has already moved to the Government its opposition to the planned projects and to the Balearic Islands Minister of environment, Gabriel Company, will accompany the Presidents of Ibiza and Formentera on 11 February in Brussels to meet with European Commissioner for the environmentJanez Potocnik.
Cairn's Greenland oil failure under fire
From 2011 but relevant for its environmental failings - Click here to read article
Energy firm angers green campaigners and lets down investors after sixth well off Greenland draws a blank
The British oil company leading a controversial drive to discover new oil and gas reserves in the pristine waters off Greenland has come under fire from environmentalists and again disappointed investors after failing to find anything with its sixth well.
Greenpeace also claimed the Edinburgh-based company had irresponsibly pumped more "red-listed" hazardous chemicals into the ocean than the entire oil operations of Norway and Denmark combined.
The campaigners claim more than 225 tonnes of toxic materials – described by the Ospar convention as giving "reason for suspicion because of several polluting effects on the environment" – had been leaked into the Greenlandic Sea this year by Cairn.
"The only thing they've achieved is unnecessarily polluting an important wildlife area with thousands of tonnes of hazardous chemicals," said Greenpeace energy campaigner Vicky Wyatt.
IS THIS WHAT IBIZA CAN LOOK FORWARD TO?
Energy firm angers green campaigners and lets down investors after sixth well off Greenland draws a blank
The British oil company leading a controversial drive to discover new oil and gas reserves in the pristine waters off Greenland has come under fire from environmentalists and again disappointed investors after failing to find anything with its sixth well.
Greenpeace also claimed the Edinburgh-based company had irresponsibly pumped more "red-listed" hazardous chemicals into the ocean than the entire oil operations of Norway and Denmark combined.
The campaigners claim more than 225 tonnes of toxic materials – described by the Ospar convention as giving "reason for suspicion because of several polluting effects on the environment" – had been leaked into the Greenlandic Sea this year by Cairn.
"The only thing they've achieved is unnecessarily polluting an important wildlife area with thousands of tonnes of hazardous chemicals," said Greenpeace energy campaigner Vicky Wyatt.
IS THIS WHAT IBIZA CAN LOOK FORWARD TO?
Cairn Energy violates its own rules by acting in an area protected by UNESCO
Translated by bing from the article here.
Cairn Energy is not clear in its code of ethics.
If Monday they were almost half a hundred links to web pages that do not exist, which left out the fudge's environmental impact study presented to the Ministry of industry, yesterday the company embodied also by writing that is directed by a few professionals willing to breach its regulations.
On the website of the company, the Scots do not hesitate to "recognize the potential impact" that their «activities of exploration and production may have on the environment», so have developed what they call «an extensive set of policies and procedures that apply to all operations».
In addition to undergo all environmental guidelines for national and international, also claim to have its 'own voluntary commitments», including «do not operate in the places UNESCO World Heritage».
Makers of the city of Ibiza have been those who have sounded the alarm, and have not hesitated to include something unusual in the allegations to the study of environmental impact of the company: the company's own standards.
Ibiza was declared a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1999, within those places that the organization called «mixed statements» by its cultural and natural value justified by the famous meadows of posidonia.
The Consell Insular de Ibiza sent last November a letter to the director of the Centre of the UNESCO World Heritage, Kishore Rao, showing its concern for oil exploration and urging him to act to stop the project.
In the letter the Council explains that the meadows of posidonia oceanica, declared world heritage by the United Nations entity «could be subject to excessive risk», given the proximity of farms, just 35 miles, which could result in «pollutants harmful consequences for the natural environment».
If you do any drilling of the seabed, it would do so by rotating steel bits or diamond-tipped, implying the production of a series of mud or mud needed to facilitate the penetration into the substrate. It is a powerful blend of minerals and acid chemicals that are pumped well down to lubricate the drill head, up to the surface the detached fragments, and clog the drilled well to avoid that gas or oil escaping.
All this mixture of mud and chemicals, rich in heavy metals and toxic as cadmium, arsenic, copper, mercury, and lead, which is generated, is thrown into the sea after a process of purification rudimentary, turning it into a lethal cocktail for marine life within a radius of 500 meters of the well drilling rig, according to studies of the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia and the Cabildo de Lanzarote.
The same studies confirm that MUDs are a cover over the seabed that would end with the meadow of posidonia and which, in some cases, could reach the beach sand in the form of spots.
Statistical data gathered by the researchers indicate that 76% of the pollution of the North Sea has its origin in the sludge of drillings and not extracted oil.
Environmental management
This section extracted from the own rules of the company, the oil company stands out a whole series of questions that guide and govern its environmental policy, which includes in its section «Regulation», «adhering to the requirements of national and international environmental laws and industry guidelines» as well as their «own volunteer commitments,"as not to operate in the UNESCO World Heritage sites.
Cairn Energy is not clear in its code of ethics.
If Monday they were almost half a hundred links to web pages that do not exist, which left out the fudge's environmental impact study presented to the Ministry of industry, yesterday the company embodied also by writing that is directed by a few professionals willing to breach its regulations.
On the website of the company, the Scots do not hesitate to "recognize the potential impact" that their «activities of exploration and production may have on the environment», so have developed what they call «an extensive set of policies and procedures that apply to all operations».
In addition to undergo all environmental guidelines for national and international, also claim to have its 'own voluntary commitments», including «do not operate in the places UNESCO World Heritage».
Makers of the city of Ibiza have been those who have sounded the alarm, and have not hesitated to include something unusual in the allegations to the study of environmental impact of the company: the company's own standards.
Ibiza was declared a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1999, within those places that the organization called «mixed statements» by its cultural and natural value justified by the famous meadows of posidonia.
The Consell Insular de Ibiza sent last November a letter to the director of the Centre of the UNESCO World Heritage, Kishore Rao, showing its concern for oil exploration and urging him to act to stop the project.
In the letter the Council explains that the meadows of posidonia oceanica, declared world heritage by the United Nations entity «could be subject to excessive risk», given the proximity of farms, just 35 miles, which could result in «pollutants harmful consequences for the natural environment».
If you do any drilling of the seabed, it would do so by rotating steel bits or diamond-tipped, implying the production of a series of mud or mud needed to facilitate the penetration into the substrate. It is a powerful blend of minerals and acid chemicals that are pumped well down to lubricate the drill head, up to the surface the detached fragments, and clog the drilled well to avoid that gas or oil escaping.
All this mixture of mud and chemicals, rich in heavy metals and toxic as cadmium, arsenic, copper, mercury, and lead, which is generated, is thrown into the sea after a process of purification rudimentary, turning it into a lethal cocktail for marine life within a radius of 500 meters of the well drilling rig, according to studies of the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia and the Cabildo de Lanzarote.
The same studies confirm that MUDs are a cover over the seabed that would end with the meadow of posidonia and which, in some cases, could reach the beach sand in the form of spots.
Statistical data gathered by the researchers indicate that 76% of the pollution of the North Sea has its origin in the sludge of drillings and not extracted oil.
Environmental management
This section extracted from the own rules of the company, the oil company stands out a whole series of questions that guide and govern its environmental policy, which includes in its section «Regulation», «adhering to the requirements of national and international environmental laws and industry guidelines» as well as their «own volunteer commitments,"as not to operate in the UNESCO World Heritage sites.
Ibiza is in danger!!! Oil exploration is About to Start near the Coast
Ibiza is in danger. It’s not a myth, not a metaphor and not an exaggeration.
This is very good article written in English with all the information about how you can help, with link to OFFICIAL forms: Outside Spain take to local Embassy, but makes sure to follow directions carefully described within the link to the OFFICIAL forms.
The island is facing an ecological disaster, and we have only a few days left to take measures.
Oil exploration is about to start near the coast of Ibiza, threatening the ecosystem of the Mediterranean, the natural beauties of the Balearic Islands and the health of their inhabitants, as well as the region’s economy based on tourism.
All the political parties, businesses and inhabitants of Ibiza come out unanimously against the project that sends the island to its doom.
Right now there are four projects of oil production around the Balearic Islands: one by Repsol Investigaciones Petroliferas (Ripsa), one by Spectrum Geo Limited and two by Cairn Energy.
The most exigent case is that of Cairn Energy, whose Spanish subsidiary is called Capricorn Spain Limited.
The company is waiting for approval from the Government of Spain to start oil exploration in the sea between Valencia and Ibiza just 48km off the coast of the island, and is about to start right now.
The process of exploration begins with a ship equipped with submarine cannons that help identify if the quantity of oil located under the sea-bed is big enough to start the production. Every 10 seconds the cannons emit 249 db of noise, which is much more than the pain barrier (180 db) or even atomic bomb (200 db).
The immediate affect of this work will be detrimental to millions of inhabitants of the Mediterranean: the fish will abandon the Gulf of Valencia for many months, the habitat of thousands of birds will be endangered, the migratory routes of cetaceans will change, dolphins and turtles will suffer from extreme pain and internal bruises.
No matter which technologies are used, how professional the staff is and how high the taxes paid by Cairn Energy to the country’s crisis-hit budget are, there is always a risk of an oil leak.
(See here for non existant environmental studies in the Cairn report)
Ibiza had a taste of it back in 2007 when Don Pedro ship sank near its shores, but the terrible oil blobs in Playa den Bossa and Talamanca were just the beginning.
The aftermaths of Cairn Energy project can be far worse.
The small island will turn into a big cemetery, and the endless party will stop for a long, long time.
This is very good article written in English with all the information about how you can help, with link to OFFICIAL forms: Outside Spain take to local Embassy, but makes sure to follow directions carefully described within the link to the OFFICIAL forms.
The island is facing an ecological disaster, and we have only a few days left to take measures.
Oil exploration is about to start near the coast of Ibiza, threatening the ecosystem of the Mediterranean, the natural beauties of the Balearic Islands and the health of their inhabitants, as well as the region’s economy based on tourism.
All the political parties, businesses and inhabitants of Ibiza come out unanimously against the project that sends the island to its doom.
Right now there are four projects of oil production around the Balearic Islands: one by Repsol Investigaciones Petroliferas (Ripsa), one by Spectrum Geo Limited and two by Cairn Energy.
The most exigent case is that of Cairn Energy, whose Spanish subsidiary is called Capricorn Spain Limited.
The company is waiting for approval from the Government of Spain to start oil exploration in the sea between Valencia and Ibiza just 48km off the coast of the island, and is about to start right now.
The process of exploration begins with a ship equipped with submarine cannons that help identify if the quantity of oil located under the sea-bed is big enough to start the production. Every 10 seconds the cannons emit 249 db of noise, which is much more than the pain barrier (180 db) or even atomic bomb (200 db).
The immediate affect of this work will be detrimental to millions of inhabitants of the Mediterranean: the fish will abandon the Gulf of Valencia for many months, the habitat of thousands of birds will be endangered, the migratory routes of cetaceans will change, dolphins and turtles will suffer from extreme pain and internal bruises.
No matter which technologies are used, how professional the staff is and how high the taxes paid by Cairn Energy to the country’s crisis-hit budget are, there is always a risk of an oil leak.
(See here for non existant environmental studies in the Cairn report)
Ibiza had a taste of it back in 2007 when Don Pedro ship sank near its shores, but the terrible oil blobs in Playa den Bossa and Talamanca were just the beginning.
The aftermaths of Cairn Energy project can be far worse.
The small island will turn into a big cemetery, and the endless party will stop for a long, long time.
Tuesday 28 January 2014
Cairns Environmental Studies Non Existent
The environmental study of Cairn Energy refers to reports culled from the internet that do not exist.
Eight hundred pages full of references to reports allegedly from the internet that do not exist. This is the documentation tabled by Cairn Energy to the Ministry of industry to endorse its environmental impact study, as he published the oil Mundo.
La has pulled the copy and has added up to 34 references to studies that supposedly are published on the internet, but most of these links do not work, redirect to a page blank, or a notice that the content has been removed from the network.
As pointed out the world, the Ayuntamiento de Sant Antoni has been commissioned to alert about this proliferation of erroneous links, something that has included as one argument over his allegations against the study of environmental impact of Cairn Energy.
In short, the oil company has supported this report studies whose truth or existence can not be verified.
"Open door policy" of the central Government towards the oil companies
Meanwhile, Alliance Mar Blava is coordinating the awareness-raising and mobilization of the pitiusa citizenship, a call to action that has already been settled with around 18,000 claims to be delivered outside the headquarters of the prefectures in the pitiüses Islands, located in the Casa de Vila Mar on Tuesday morning.
This forceful response of citizenship, not only of the Pitiüses, but around the world, since has counted accessions of citizens around the world, frontally contrasts with the way the central Government.
The world describes as "open door policy" carried out by the Administration when it comes to allow companies to track in looking for sources of energy anywhere in the Spanish territory.
This high permissiveness is attached to a lack of diligence to check if the plans of the oil companies and other energy companies are in contravention of laws such as the one issued by the European Union.
Studies that there are no references that has disappeared, appointments to wrong web pages... Eight hundred pages full of nonsense against which citizenship will have to fight to having as a mediator to a central Government that gives good a study of environmental impact that could not or approve a partial of the secondary education
Eight hundred pages full of references to reports allegedly from the internet that do not exist. This is the documentation tabled by Cairn Energy to the Ministry of industry to endorse its environmental impact study, as he published the oil Mundo.
La has pulled the copy and has added up to 34 references to studies that supposedly are published on the internet, but most of these links do not work, redirect to a page blank, or a notice that the content has been removed from the network.
As pointed out the world, the Ayuntamiento de Sant Antoni has been commissioned to alert about this proliferation of erroneous links, something that has included as one argument over his allegations against the study of environmental impact of Cairn Energy.
In short, the oil company has supported this report studies whose truth or existence can not be verified.
"Open door policy" of the central Government towards the oil companies
Meanwhile, Alliance Mar Blava is coordinating the awareness-raising and mobilization of the pitiusa citizenship, a call to action that has already been settled with around 18,000 claims to be delivered outside the headquarters of the prefectures in the pitiüses Islands, located in the Casa de Vila Mar on Tuesday morning.
This forceful response of citizenship, not only of the Pitiüses, but around the world, since has counted accessions of citizens around the world, frontally contrasts with the way the central Government.
The world describes as "open door policy" carried out by the Administration when it comes to allow companies to track in looking for sources of energy anywhere in the Spanish territory.
This high permissiveness is attached to a lack of diligence to check if the plans of the oil companies and other energy companies are in contravention of laws such as the one issued by the European Union.
Studies that there are no references that has disappeared, appointments to wrong web pages... Eight hundred pages full of nonsense against which citizenship will have to fight to having as a mediator to a central Government that gives good a study of environmental impact that could not or approve a partial of the secondary education
Bauza and the Presidents of the tips of Mallorca and Menorca sign Allegations against Seismic Surveys
A common front against oil exploration in the Gulf of Valencia designed by Cairn Energy.
This is what they wanted to put on record today the President of the Balearic Government, José Ramón Bauzá, the President of the Consell Insular de Mallorca, Maria Salom, and his counterpart in Minorca, Santiago Tadeo, to sign at the headquarters of the Ibiza Consell allegations to the study of environmental impact of seismic surveys of the oil company Cairn Energy in waters close to the Pitiüses.
With this gesture, the top leaders of the rest of the Balearic Islands and the President of the Comunitat Autònoma Islands wanted to join the 20,000 pitiuses, birth or heart, who have exercised their right of claim against this first phase of oil exploration, which focuses on the exploration of the seabed of the Strip located between the coasts of Ibiza and Formentera and the East Coast peninsular through sound waves that could be fatal for wildlife Marina that inhabits these waters.
At a press conference, Bauza has explained the "total rejection" to oil prospecting: "the oil of the Balearic Islands is tourism.
These surveys put at risk the engine of our economy"and he has ensured that the Balearic Islands Minister of environment, Biel Company, will accompany the Presidents of Eivissa and Formentera on February 11 will travel to Brussels to meet with the European Environment Commissioner, Janez Potocnik.
Bauza has not explained whether he will speak with Mariano Rajoy or will use its influence as a regional baron of the PP well valued in calle Genova to press against the Cairn Energy project, supported so far by the Ministry of industry:
"I can only say that we will do everything possible, do not rule out any type of initiative, and we have clear that this must be stopped".
For his part, the President of the Consell de Mallorca, Maria Salom, has announced that the next plenary of the Mallorcan consell will adopt a motion against oil exploration: "what is bad for Eivissa is also bad for Mallorca" has secured.
The Menorcan President, Santiago Tadeo, also has spoken out against the oil company Cairn Energy projects: "all we are autonomous community and we must think about our future.
Menorca biosphere reserve is and we should defend this value.
We are very concerned about the news we have received on this oil project and new ones that have arrived, and this is something that should be above ideologies and political colors."
This is what they wanted to put on record today the President of the Balearic Government, José Ramón Bauzá, the President of the Consell Insular de Mallorca, Maria Salom, and his counterpart in Minorca, Santiago Tadeo, to sign at the headquarters of the Ibiza Consell allegations to the study of environmental impact of seismic surveys of the oil company Cairn Energy in waters close to the Pitiüses.
With this gesture, the top leaders of the rest of the Balearic Islands and the President of the Comunitat Autònoma Islands wanted to join the 20,000 pitiuses, birth or heart, who have exercised their right of claim against this first phase of oil exploration, which focuses on the exploration of the seabed of the Strip located between the coasts of Ibiza and Formentera and the East Coast peninsular through sound waves that could be fatal for wildlife Marina that inhabits these waters.
At a press conference, Bauza has explained the "total rejection" to oil prospecting: "the oil of the Balearic Islands is tourism.
These surveys put at risk the engine of our economy"and he has ensured that the Balearic Islands Minister of environment, Biel Company, will accompany the Presidents of Eivissa and Formentera on February 11 will travel to Brussels to meet with the European Environment Commissioner, Janez Potocnik.
Bauza has not explained whether he will speak with Mariano Rajoy or will use its influence as a regional baron of the PP well valued in calle Genova to press against the Cairn Energy project, supported so far by the Ministry of industry:
"I can only say that we will do everything possible, do not rule out any type of initiative, and we have clear that this must be stopped".
For his part, the President of the Consell de Mallorca, Maria Salom, has announced that the next plenary of the Mallorcan consell will adopt a motion against oil exploration: "what is bad for Eivissa is also bad for Mallorca" has secured.
The Menorcan President, Santiago Tadeo, also has spoken out against the oil company Cairn Energy projects: "all we are autonomous community and we must think about our future.
Menorca biosphere reserve is and we should defend this value.
We are very concerned about the news we have received on this oil project and new ones that have arrived, and this is something that should be above ideologies and political colors."
Please Use OFFICIAL FORMS #EivissaDiuNo
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We implore you, please only use the online petitions if there is really no way you can sign the official petition.
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Click the link above for the OFFICIAL FORMS. Thank you
Whilst it's nice that people click on a petition to show their support, it does not actually help our campaign very much.
We NEED 30,000 correctly completed, official petitions to make any actual difference to what decision is made by the government.
We implore you, please only use the online petitions if there is really no way you can sign the official petition.
Remember, it's needs printing 3 times and the Spanish version only. Thank you so much!
Dolphins in the aim of Cairn Energy
The Ibizan coast is a paradise for dolphins. Several groups live in different parts of the coast, by way of large families with mothers and offspring.
A Dutch researcher based in the island warning of the threat posed to survive the explosion of the type ´air gun´ that plans to make the Cairn Energy company to search for oil between Ibiza and Valencia.
The dolphins of Ibiza are a large family, formed by dozens of members of all ages young and mature, which live and breed here. This is the conclusion of the observations and investigations that four years is making the Dutch Wietske Hoekstra, a tourism entrepreneur who has consecrated his life to these cetaceans since his youth and which is defined, simply as «passionate about dolphins».
All translations by Bing.
A Dutch researcher based in the island warning of the threat posed to survive the explosion of the type ´air gun´ that plans to make the Cairn Energy company to search for oil between Ibiza and Valencia.
The dolphins of Ibiza are a large family, formed by dozens of members of all ages young and mature, which live and breed here. This is the conclusion of the observations and investigations that four years is making the Dutch Wietske Hoekstra, a tourism entrepreneur who has consecrated his life to these cetaceans since his youth and which is defined, simply as «passionate about dolphins».
All translations by Bing.
Specturm Geo requests surveys 25 miles off coast of Santa Eulària
During the campaign of allegations against surveys of Cairn Energy, Ibiza and Formentera are facing a new threat that could change forever the pitiuso landscape, since a new oil company has applied for permission to search for hydrocarbons just 25 kilometers from the shores of Santa Eulària through the Spectrum Geo Limited Company.
The threat of these companies has achieved something unprecedented: that PP and PSOE-agreed to work together to stop something that could lead to the destruction of the ecosystem of Ibiza and Formentera.
As anticipated by the President of the Consell Insular Ibiza, Vicent Serra, institution became aware of the intentions of this new oil company on January 20 and all the administrations of the Balearic Islands have positioned themselves openly against this project, which would include a search area of hydrocarbons of 14,000 square miles that run from North to South of the Balearic archipelago.
The threat of these companies has achieved something unprecedented: that PP and PSOE-agreed to work together to stop something that could lead to the destruction of the ecosystem of Ibiza and Formentera.
As anticipated by the President of the Consell Insular Ibiza, Vicent Serra, institution became aware of the intentions of this new oil company on January 20 and all the administrations of the Balearic Islands have positioned themselves openly against this project, which would include a search area of hydrocarbons of 14,000 square miles that run from North to South of the Balearic archipelago.
#EivissaDiuNo Ibiza Says No!
The rumble under the sea will be higher than the impact of the Hiroshima bomb from its hipocentro, a few meters from the dome gusuku sites.
The seismic campaign that the Scottish oil Cairn Energy, through its subsidiary in Spain Capricorn Spain Limited, intends to run 35 miles off the coast of Ibiza break out every 10 seconds a submarine disaster of unpredictable consequences for the fauna decibel 249 marina Gulf of Valencia.
See the links on the side bar to the right, please join and sign the online petition .. they all have information you need. Please share this with all your friends far and wide.
The seismic campaign that the Scottish oil Cairn Energy, through its subsidiary in Spain Capricorn Spain Limited, intends to run 35 miles off the coast of Ibiza break out every 10 seconds a submarine disaster of unpredictable consequences for the fauna decibel 249 marina Gulf of Valencia.
See the links on the side bar to the right, please join and sign the online petition .. they all have information you need. Please share this with all your friends far and wide.
International Ibiza Says No by #eivissadiuno
Click here for the international group, please join and sign both online and paper petions, all information there.
Also on side bar here you can go straight to the online petition and much information for Spanish speaking people.
Also on side bar here you can go straight to the online petition and much information for Spanish speaking people.
Monday 27 January 2014
Help Ibiza say NO! To oil drilling
Click here to go to Ibiza Spotlight for more information on how you can help. The links to everything you need are there.
Ibiza needs you - plans are afoot to begin drilling for oil in the gulf of Valencia, just a few kilometres off the coast of Ibiza.
The project is to be financed by Scottish company Cairn Energy, famous for their controversial decision to drill for oil in the environmentally fragile Arctic Circle.
The company has been given the go ahead by government officials in Madrid amidst strong local opposition.
Public outrage In an almost unanimous show of unity, over 50 organizations across Ibiza and Formentera, including local government institutions, political organisations, town halls and local businesses have got together to form the ‘Alianza Mar Blava’ (The Mar Blava Alliance).
Their objective? To stop the oil exploration going ahead.
Issue 1 - oil leaks and damage to coastline
To begin with, they contest that there is a real danger of a potentially catastrophic oil leak deep beneath the sea, like the one seen in the gulf of Mexico during 2010.
It was one of world’s worst environmental disasters which saw tragic, widespread destruction of coastline along with the death of countless fish, mammals and birds. Disasters like these can be caused by the acoustic surveys used in ‘phase one’ of such exploratory projects, emitting sound waves that can reach between 10,000 and 100,000 times louder than the engines of a jet plane.
Issue 2 - acoustic surveys and death of marine life
There is wide scientific consensus that such sound levels devastate marine life, interfering with ability to orientate, breed and navigate. Eggs and larva are destroyed and internal bleeding, injuries and eventually death, are the result.
Issue 3 - Danger to whales, dolphins and turtles
The proposed site of the oil rig also happens to be smack bang in the path of the western Mediterranean’s migratory corridor used by whales, dolphins and turtles.
Quite aside from being an ugly eyesore on the beautiful Ibiza coastline, the oil rig would threaten their survival.
Issue 4 - No more clean seas
Finally, the ancient marine meadows of Posidonia seagrass, UNESCO world heritage site and what keeps the seas crystal clear and clean around Ibiza and Formentera, would be irrevocably damaged.
The accumulation of toxic chemicals used in the second and third ‘phases’ of the UK energy giant’s project would be inevitable, say the Alliance.
Ibiza needs you - plans are afoot to begin drilling for oil in the gulf of Valencia, just a few kilometres off the coast of Ibiza.
The project is to be financed by Scottish company Cairn Energy, famous for their controversial decision to drill for oil in the environmentally fragile Arctic Circle.
The company has been given the go ahead by government officials in Madrid amidst strong local opposition.
Public outrage In an almost unanimous show of unity, over 50 organizations across Ibiza and Formentera, including local government institutions, political organisations, town halls and local businesses have got together to form the ‘Alianza Mar Blava’ (The Mar Blava Alliance).
Their objective? To stop the oil exploration going ahead.
Issue 1 - oil leaks and damage to coastline
To begin with, they contest that there is a real danger of a potentially catastrophic oil leak deep beneath the sea, like the one seen in the gulf of Mexico during 2010.
It was one of world’s worst environmental disasters which saw tragic, widespread destruction of coastline along with the death of countless fish, mammals and birds. Disasters like these can be caused by the acoustic surveys used in ‘phase one’ of such exploratory projects, emitting sound waves that can reach between 10,000 and 100,000 times louder than the engines of a jet plane.
Issue 2 - acoustic surveys and death of marine life
There is wide scientific consensus that such sound levels devastate marine life, interfering with ability to orientate, breed and navigate. Eggs and larva are destroyed and internal bleeding, injuries and eventually death, are the result.
Issue 3 - Danger to whales, dolphins and turtles
The proposed site of the oil rig also happens to be smack bang in the path of the western Mediterranean’s migratory corridor used by whales, dolphins and turtles.
Quite aside from being an ugly eyesore on the beautiful Ibiza coastline, the oil rig would threaten their survival.
Issue 4 - No more clean seas
Finally, the ancient marine meadows of Posidonia seagrass, UNESCO world heritage site and what keeps the seas crystal clear and clean around Ibiza and Formentera, would be irrevocably damaged.
The accumulation of toxic chemicals used in the second and third ‘phases’ of the UK energy giant’s project would be inevitable, say the Alliance.
#EivissaDiuNo groups
The first six links on the right are for groups or pages against the drilling for oil in or near Ibiza, Spain and Algarve. Please join them, protest, sign the petitions .. anything to stop the drilling. Thank you.
Scots oil company accused of secrecy over Arctic drilling
EDINBURGH OIL firm Cairn Energy has been accused of secrecy surrounding its safety precautions during pioneering deep sea oil drilling in the Arctic.
In a BBC radio documentary, broadcast today it is reported both the company and the government of Greenland, in whose waters the drilling is taking place, are refusing to publish plans to deal with any spills.
It comes amid fears that an incident akin to the Gulf of Mexico disaster earlier this year could happen there.
Cairn Energy started Arctic drilling in an area the size of the North Sea this summer. In August it reported it had found oil and gas bearing sands. Although it has now finished its drilling for the year, it plans to return next year.
Dr Martin Preston, marine pollution expert at the University of Liverpool, told The Investigation plans in the public domain give little detail about how Cairn would deal with a spill.
He said: "I think the worst case scenario is an uncontrolled release of oil right at the end of drilling season." He added: "I'm not sure they've really taken on board some of the risks that are associated with this high latitude work. And that worries me."
In a BBC radio documentary, broadcast today it is reported both the company and the government of Greenland, in whose waters the drilling is taking place, are refusing to publish plans to deal with any spills.
It comes amid fears that an incident akin to the Gulf of Mexico disaster earlier this year could happen there.
Cairn Energy started Arctic drilling in an area the size of the North Sea this summer. In August it reported it had found oil and gas bearing sands. Although it has now finished its drilling for the year, it plans to return next year.
Dr Martin Preston, marine pollution expert at the University of Liverpool, told The Investigation plans in the public domain give little detail about how Cairn would deal with a spill.
He said: "I think the worst case scenario is an uncontrolled release of oil right at the end of drilling season." He added: "I'm not sure they've really taken on board some of the risks that are associated with this high latitude work. And that worries me."
Sign Petition - Take to Local Embassy!! Great News!! No Need to Post!
ATTENTION PLEASE!!! GREAT GREAT NEWS!! New facilities for all those far from Ibiza!!
There's no need to send the forms to the island!! You can just bring them to ANY SPANISH EMBASSY following the next steps:
3 COPIES OF THE FORMS preferably in capital letters and essentially in Spanish.
No need ID or passport photocopy,they will just need to check the ID of the person presenting them the forms,then they have to put a stamp in all 3 copies and give u one of them and THAT IS ALL!!!
And must be by 7th February.
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD AS THIS IS A BIG CHANGE AND FACILITY FOR ALL OF US OUTSIDE THE ISLAND!!
There's no need to send the forms to the island!! You can just bring them to ANY SPANISH EMBASSY following the next steps:
3 COPIES OF THE FORMS preferably in capital letters and essentially in Spanish.
No need ID or passport photocopy,they will just need to check the ID of the person presenting them the forms,then they have to put a stamp in all 3 copies and give u one of them and THAT IS ALL!!!
And must be by 7th February.
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD AS THIS IS A BIG CHANGE AND FACILITY FOR ALL OF US OUTSIDE THE ISLAND!!
Time Lapse Oil Spills
This is America but could very soon be the Mediterranean, the Spanish coast, Ibiza or the Algarve
Sunday 26 January 2014
Eivissa diu no
Produced by Sam Velez. For the love of the Island! Watch and love it too! Stop this insanity!
It's not just Ibiza though, it's the whole of the Mediterranean, the Spanish coast, the Algarve and the Balearic Islands.
In fact the first exploration areas went right over Majorca. This has been going on since 2010/11 and has been kept quiet, but now we know we must protest! They are going to ride rough shod over legally protected areas, valuable and important areas, if it's not saved, the impact on the environment will be catastrophic.
The sealife, the sea, the plants, the way of life. So please watch, listen and sign everything you can, join the groups, have your say!
This is partly about Ibiza and the love of the Island but it's much broader than that as you can see, the area will be devastated, and if it goes ahead, it will be destroyed FOREVER!!
It's not just Ibiza though, it's the whole of the Mediterranean, the Spanish coast, the Algarve and the Balearic Islands.
In fact the first exploration areas went right over Majorca. This has been going on since 2010/11 and has been kept quiet, but now we know we must protest! They are going to ride rough shod over legally protected areas, valuable and important areas, if it's not saved, the impact on the environment will be catastrophic.
The sealife, the sea, the plants, the way of life. So please watch, listen and sign everything you can, join the groups, have your say!
This is partly about Ibiza and the love of the Island but it's much broader than that as you can see, the area will be devastated, and if it goes ahead, it will be destroyed FOREVER!!
#UkSaysNO: Oil Platform in the Mediterranean
#UkSaysNO: Oil Platform in the Mediterranean
Another new group has been created, please click above to join.
This group has been created for all people living in the UK that have been, go to or still want to go to the BALEARICS regularly and want to support the cause AGAINST any OIL PLATFORMS wanted to be built in the Mediterranean Sea close to Ibiza, Formentera and Valencia.
They want to destroy our sea life, natural fauna and beaches which will also have dreadful results on local people surviving of tourism income.
PLEASE INVITE ALL FRIENDS located in the UK, that are ready to contribute AGAINST CARIN ENERGY!!
Everyone welcome
Another new group has been created, please click above to join.
This group has been created for all people living in the UK that have been, go to or still want to go to the BALEARICS regularly and want to support the cause AGAINST any OIL PLATFORMS wanted to be built in the Mediterranean Sea close to Ibiza, Formentera and Valencia.
They want to destroy our sea life, natural fauna and beaches which will also have dreadful results on local people surviving of tourism income.
PLEASE INVITE ALL FRIENDS located in the UK, that are ready to contribute AGAINST CARIN ENERGY!!
Everyone welcome
Valencia Collecting Signatures #EivissaDiuNo
We inform you that on Saturday February 1 will be collecting signatures in Valencia, will begin in the area of the Gare du Nord and go through all of the most popular areas of the city.
There will also be a collection of allegations on Thursday by the universities of the UV and UPV Friday.
You can find detailed information in the facebook group "Valencia IUD not"! Thanks to all and help from all sides, Valencia also affects you so that you notice!
Os informamos de que el sábado día 1 de febrero habrá recogida de firmas en Valencia, empezarán en la zona de la Estación del norte e irán pasando por todas las zonas más concurridas de la ciudad.
También habrá recogida de alegaciones el jueves por las universidades de la UV y el viernes por la UPV. Podéis encontrar toda la información en el grupo de facebook "Valencia diu no"!! Gracias a todos y a ayudar desde todas partes, a Valencia también le afecta así que, que se note!!
There will also be a collection of allegations on Thursday by the universities of the UV and UPV Friday.
You can find detailed information in the facebook group "Valencia IUD not"! Thanks to all and help from all sides, Valencia also affects you so that you notice!
Os informamos de que el sábado día 1 de febrero habrá recogida de firmas en Valencia, empezarán en la zona de la Estación del norte e irán pasando por todas las zonas más concurridas de la ciudad.
También habrá recogida de alegaciones el jueves por las universidades de la UV y el viernes por la UPV. Podéis encontrar toda la información en el grupo de facebook "Valencia diu no"!! Gracias a todos y a ayudar desde todas partes, a Valencia también le afecta así que, que se note!!
Eivissa diu no Collecting Signatures in Madrid
Buenas tardes. Mañana de las 18:00h hasta las 20:30 estaremos recogiendo firmas en Barcelona, en el dentro de plaza Cataluña... Nos vemos allí. Gracias.
Click the link above for more details.
Good afternoon. Morning from 18:00 until 20:30 we will be collecting signatures in Barcelona, in the Plaça Catalunya within... See you there. Thank you.
Click the link above for more details.
Good afternoon. Morning from 18:00 until 20:30 we will be collecting signatures in Barcelona, in the Plaça Catalunya within... See you there. Thank you.
Honduras: Killing of Human Rights Defender and Indigenous Lenca leader Mr Justo Sorto
Human Rights Ambassador for Salem-News.com, William Nicholas Gomes roundly condemns the killing of Justo Sorto, which is related to his peaceful and legitimate work in the defence of the environmental rights of the indigenous Lenca community.
Justo Sorto was a prominent leader of an indigenous Lenca community who lives in the west of the country. That community works for the defence of its forests and against the execution of mining projects in the region.
He was a founding member of the Coordinadora Indígena del Poder Popular de Honduras – CIPPH (Co-ordinator of Indigenous Peoples' Power of Honduras) and the Movimiento Morazanista del Poder Popular – MMP (Morazanist Movement of Popular Power).
Justo Sorto was a prominent leader of an indigenous Lenca community who lives in the west of the country. That community works for the defence of its forests and against the execution of mining projects in the region.
He was a founding member of the Coordinadora Indígena del Poder Popular de Honduras – CIPPH (Co-ordinator of Indigenous Peoples' Power of Honduras) and the Movimiento Morazanista del Poder Popular – MMP (Morazanist Movement of Popular Power).
Shell oil licences in Alaska 'unlawful'
A landmark court ruling has set back Shell's plans to drill for Arctic oil.
It represents a great victory for indigenous peoples and environmental groups - and a serious setback for the oil giant's Arctic expansion.
A US Federal Court ruled this week that the US Interior Department wrongly awarded the oil leases off Alaska without fully considering environmental risks from Arctic drilling.
It said that the Department's estimates that the 30 million acres under lease contain 1 billion barrels of economically recoverable oil were made "arbitrarily" and based on "inadequate information".
It represents a great victory for indigenous peoples and environmental groups - and a serious setback for the oil giant's Arctic expansion.
A US Federal Court ruled this week that the US Interior Department wrongly awarded the oil leases off Alaska without fully considering environmental risks from Arctic drilling.
It said that the Department's estimates that the 30 million acres under lease contain 1 billion barrels of economically recoverable oil were made "arbitrarily" and based on "inadequate information".
ASMAA
In addition ASMAA is an environmental watchdog and advocacy activism group in the Algarve, focused on protecting our local environment and the human rights of local residents and visitors.
Click the link above to take you to the site for more information and to sign the petition 'Say No to Oil and Gas in Algarve'
Click the link above to take you to the site for more information and to sign the petition 'Say No to Oil and Gas in Algarve'
Say 'No' To Oil Rigs In Portugal's Algarve !!
The oil companies Repsol and Partex plan to start deep-sea oil/gas-drilling along Portugal's Algarve coast this year. Hook up with this facebook group for more information.
The first exploratory drilling operations are already taking place only 8 kilometers offshore from the coast, amidst much secrecy and chronic lack of information from all parties involved.
It appears that the first rig to be used for the exploration was bought as “scrap” in Indonesia and is now being refurbished and re-commissioned. This is deeply worrying, especially because no EIA’s (Environmental Impact Studies) have been conducted, nor has there been any open disclosures by the authorities or the companies involved, nor any public consultation.
Please SIGN & SHARE THE PETITION to Portugal's government and the oil companies
The first exploratory drilling operations are already taking place only 8 kilometers offshore from the coast, amidst much secrecy and chronic lack of information from all parties involved.
It appears that the first rig to be used for the exploration was bought as “scrap” in Indonesia and is now being refurbished and re-commissioned. This is deeply worrying, especially because no EIA’s (Environmental Impact Studies) have been conducted, nor has there been any open disclosures by the authorities or the companies involved, nor any public consultation.
Please SIGN & SHARE THE PETITION to Portugal's government and the oil companies
‘Kenyan government forcing us into extinction’: evictions of Sengwer tribe escalate
A Kenyan government campaign against one of the few hunter-gatherer tribes left in east Africa has escalated, as evictions spread throughout their ancestral home.
The Sengwer have cared for the Cherangany Hills of western Kenya for centuries, but the government is forcing them from their homes in the name of safeguarding urban water supplies and protecting the forest.
The government is violating international human rights agreements, and the country’s own constitution and court rulings. A High Court judge ordered last week that anyone defying court rulings against the evictions should be arrested, but the police then moved in to assist the Kenyan Forest Service with the evictions.
The Kenyan Forest Service is a forest guard unit funded by the World Bank and the Finnish Government, and had been torching Sengwer homes for ten days.
Furthermore, as Sengwer spokesman Yator Kiptum emphasizes, Embobut is the communal land of the Sengwer, as the government itself has recognized in the past. ‘Sengwer are neither squatters nor internally displaced persons, but an indigenous community living within their ancestral lands and territories, and Embobut forest is part of it.’
The Sengwer have cared for the Cherangany Hills of western Kenya for centuries, but the government is forcing them from their homes in the name of safeguarding urban water supplies and protecting the forest.
The government is violating international human rights agreements, and the country’s own constitution and court rulings. A High Court judge ordered last week that anyone defying court rulings against the evictions should be arrested, but the police then moved in to assist the Kenyan Forest Service with the evictions.
The Kenyan Forest Service is a forest guard unit funded by the World Bank and the Finnish Government, and had been torching Sengwer homes for ten days.
Furthermore, as Sengwer spokesman Yator Kiptum emphasizes, Embobut is the communal land of the Sengwer, as the government itself has recognized in the past. ‘Sengwer are neither squatters nor internally displaced persons, but an indigenous community living within their ancestral lands and territories, and Embobut forest is part of it.’
Saturday 25 January 2014
They Represent Us Ibiza
This is in Spanish, but perhaps some Spanish speaking person could leave a comment, summerising what is said. Thank you. It comes from this support group on facebook: Eivissadiuno
Map of Oil and Gas Licences in Portugal
The Map showned below clearly indicates all the assessment and exploration licences already granted - as well as the companies that currently hold the licences.
As it is clear from the map, all of the Algarve Basin as well as the Alentejo Basin have been allocated.
This means that unless something is done by all of us in the next couple of months - then the Algarve as we know it and love, is history. The focus by the government of giving our resources away without prior consultation with local stakeholders will have dire effects on our local business sector and on the economy of the Algarve.
We have aresponsability not only to ourselves but also to the future generations, we have to stand-up because the alternative is loosing everything that each one of us has worked for our entire lives, and leaving nothing of value for the next generations to come.
You have a choice. Do NOTHING! or Stand-up and BE HEARD and FIGHT for YOUR rights.
As it is clear from the map, all of the Algarve Basin as well as the Alentejo Basin have been allocated.
This means that unless something is done by all of us in the next couple of months - then the Algarve as we know it and love, is history. The focus by the government of giving our resources away without prior consultation with local stakeholders will have dire effects on our local business sector and on the economy of the Algarve.
We have aresponsability not only to ourselves but also to the future generations, we have to stand-up because the alternative is loosing everything that each one of us has worked for our entire lives, and leaving nothing of value for the next generations to come.
You have a choice. Do NOTHING! or Stand-up and BE HEARD and FIGHT for YOUR rights.
Cairn Energy
Cairn Energy has a history of being a risk taker! This is the company risking the Med/Ibiza with its greed to gain more oil, power and money. This is the company that wanted to fine Greenpeacen nearly £2 million per day!
Cairn Energy, an Edinburgh-based oil and gas exploration company, runs one of the largest exploration programs in Greenland. It has a history of being a risk-taker and has succeeded in the past, such as when it discovered oil in Rajasthan, India, after purchasing Shell's operations there. However, the latest results from drilling in the Arctic are not good for the company, nor for Greenland's hopes of becoming completely self-sufficient.
British oil company Cairn Energy has filed legal papers with a Dutch court to fine Greenpeace €2m (£1.76m) a day if the campaign group disrupts its oil drilling operations in the Arctic. The draconian legal move, that would bankrupt the environment group, comes after Danish marines boarded Cairn's giant Leiv Eiriksson drilling platform early on Thursday. They evicted two Greenpeace climbers who had spent four days in a survival pod attached to the drilling platform.
Cairn Energy, an Edinburgh-based oil and gas exploration company, runs one of the largest exploration programs in Greenland. It has a history of being a risk-taker and has succeeded in the past, such as when it discovered oil in Rajasthan, India, after purchasing Shell's operations there. However, the latest results from drilling in the Arctic are not good for the company, nor for Greenland's hopes of becoming completely self-sufficient.
British oil company Cairn Energy has filed legal papers with a Dutch court to fine Greenpeace €2m (£1.76m) a day if the campaign group disrupts its oil drilling operations in the Arctic. The draconian legal move, that would bankrupt the environment group, comes after Danish marines boarded Cairn's giant Leiv Eiriksson drilling platform early on Thursday. They evicted two Greenpeace climbers who had spent four days in a survival pod attached to the drilling platform.
Gulfsands Petroleum and Cairn Energy to Start Drilling in Morocco
Late to the table, this is from 2013 - Gulfsands Petroleum and Cairn Energy to Start Drilling in Morocco
Gulfsands Petroleum and Cairn Energy
began prospecting the Gharb region (Western Morocco) and Boujdour, in
southern Morocco. Gulfsands is hoping to get the first results in late
November while Cairn plans to drill in Cape Boujdour in 2014.
Morocco’s gas and oil are making the
country more and more attractive, bringing optimistic foreign companies
to the territory. Gulfsand Petroleum, an English company, and Cairn
Energy from Scotland announced that they have started their drilling
operations in the Kingdom. They mentioned their interest in leading
other similar projects in the country.
The announcement comes a month after
Morocco allowed the Scottish company to initiate offshore searches. The
operations are to be conducted a few kilometers from the island of
Fuerteventura, specifically in the areas of “Foum Daraa” and “Juby
Maritime.”
The well is located 1500 meters under
the water and about 120 kilometers off the coast of Morocco. Cairn
Energy also acquired a 20% stake in the exploration license of Cape
Boujdour, located about 70 kilometers off the Sahara and should start
drilling in this area in late 2014.
Cairn Energy
Cairn Energy plans to drill nine exploration wells this year, as part of a $400m exploration campaign that will make 2014 the busiest year for the company in a
Cairn, which made its name with a huge oil discovery in Rajasthan, saw its reputation for exploration success dim after failing to find commercial quantities of oil off the coast of Greenland despite spending $1bn.
Cairn said it would drill one well off the coast of Morocco, which
has become a big draw for oil majors such as BP and Chevron in recent
months, as well as two offshore Senegal and one off the coast of
Ireland. It would also take part in another, non-operated well being
drilled off Morocco by its partner Kosmos
Cairn, which made its name with a huge oil discovery in Rajasthan, saw its reputation for exploration success dim after failing to find commercial quantities of oil off the coast of Greenland despite spending $1bn.
It is now hoping to restore its fortunes
with an ambitious drilling campaign in the so-called Atlantic Margin,
an area thought to have huge oil potential that stretches from west
Africa to the Atlantic west of Ireland.
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