ESG Newsletter 6th February 2014
February 13th, 2014
Environmental news today covers old and new issues, which affect Gibraltar and the region. At the last DPC meeting, for example, and on planning matters, facing a group of protesters to the Marriott hotel project as it stands, decision was taken to defer under the chair’s advice that a major project such as that proposed […]
100114 – ESG concerned about Bunkering Changes in Gibraltar
January 12th, 2014
10th January 2014 ESG is very concerned with the bunker storage tanker (Floating fuel station) being brought into the harbour with the immediate safety implications this entails. Concerns include the potential for major oil spill, fire, explosion in an area in close proximity to Shell storage tanks, the berths of military vessels and nuclear submarines, […]
New Year Radio Newsletter 020114
January 5th, 2014
Hello, today is our first newsletter for 2014. Hope the festive celebrations met all your expectations. 2013 seems to have passed in a flash – on the environmental front we are hopeful that significant steps taken last year by Government will now pave the way for several major projects to take off in 2014. These […]
ESG Alarmed over growing Fuel Industry in the Bay
December 4th, 2013
A recent stream of official announcements by the Spanish Government of major planned expansion of fuel tank farms in Algeciras and Los Barrios is a significant blow to the Bay environment (see Boletin No. 285 attached). The Algeciras project brings this polluting activity practically to the centre of the Bay. It will undoubtedly affect water […]
Radiation Emergency Response Plan 2013
December 4th, 2013
You can find details of Gibraltar’s current radiation Emergency Response Plan at:- http://www.environmental-agency.gi/pdf/RadiationEmergencyResponsePlan.pdf ESG view is that the document is far more robust and thorough than any previous plan. Nevertheless it believes that the execution of such a plan would be virtually impossible to do given Gibraltar’s size, population density and international border. It reiterates […]
