‘Three vanishing acts are being played out in the Gulf: the disappearing of the oil from the ocean surface by Corexit, the disappearing of the story by the media blockade, and the disappearing from view of the shadowy private contractors who are making a mint helping BP and the Coast Guard keep a...
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Sruwaddacon Bay (Gaelic: Sruth Fada Conn) is a tidal estuary which runs through the middle of the Gaeltacht Kilcommon Parish, Erris, North County Mayo; it is of historical importance in Irish legend, an important marine habitat, an E.U. Special Area of Conservation (SAC)...
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There is a deadline for submissions to John Gormley, Minister for the Environment regarding the Shell’s Foreshore Licence Application to construct a 4.9km tunnel that is 4.2 meters in diameter under Sruwaddacon Estuary. The deadline for submissions is 5:30pm on the 30th of...
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“As a note of information about the Corrib project, the State of Alaska gets up to a 20% royalty on oil and gas produced from State lands. That is...
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“An Bord Pleanála’s resumed oral hearing into State approval for the proposed new Corrib gas pipeline route opens in Belmullet, Co Mayo, this morning. It comes almost 10 months...
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‘"We come out and catch all our Mississippi oysters right here," James "Catfish" Miller, a commercial shrimper in Mississippi, told IPS. Pointing to the area in the Mississippi Sound...
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