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.
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