Roof protest links Louisiana to Rossport

mayo | environment | press release

Thursday June 24, 2010 10:24

by Mayo Shell to Sea - Shell to Sea

Campaigners hung a banner reading “Energy shouldn't cost the earth” from the roof of Shell offices in Belmullet this morning at 8am. This protest connected the environmental disaster suffered by the fishermen & people of Louisiana with the threat faced by the fishermen and people of Erris. In particular the protest was in solidarity with Pat O'Donnell who has been jailed for his courageous defense of the seas and his livelihood.

Transocean, the company that built the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon oil rig for BP, is also responsible for the Corrib offshore infrastructure. Transocean is currently coming under fierce criticism for lax enforcement of safety standards in the context of very poor regulation – conditions similar to those in Ireland.

Shell to Sea spokesperson Terrence Conway said: “Pat O'Donnell has warned of the dangers posed by pollution from the Corrib Gas Project for many years. Now the consequences of ignoring such warnings is being shown on television screens around the world. By putting profit above safety, the Gulf of Mexico is being destroyed by the recklessness of the oil companies.”

He added: “John Gormley has been as weak as his counterparts in the US. He has made a mockery of the status of Sruwaddacon Bay as a Special Area of Conservation by giving Shell the go ahead to drill 80 boreholes there.”

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Maura Harrington arrested today she is en route to Mountjoy Jail Dublin

by Joanne - Dublin Shell to Sea

Fri Jun 25, 2010 16:15

Shell to Sea campaigner Maura Harrington has been arrested leaving a funeral in Doohoma for outstanding fines They are taking her to Mountjoy this evening, emergency solidarity demonstration at the prison from 19.30Pm this evening, Friday 25th June.

transocean, eh?

by opus diablos - the regressive hypocrite party

Thu Jun 24, 2010 18:25

So they do what it says on the label, span the Atlantic.Useful info.Well done all.Dont forget Halliburton are down there at the Gulf wellhead too, just as they are well buried in the Iraqi war-well head.Cheyney's old corporate empoloyer.Gulf to Gulf disaster inc.Some one told me they were involved in that new tunnel down Shannonside.Anyone know?

more pics from today

by míol mór - rsc

Thu Jun 24, 2010 17:49

the day went went well..

later in a day