10 Sep 2019

Guardian: ‘The British government is facing growing outrage from the European commission and five EU member states over its plans to leave some decommissioned oil rigs in the North Sea, with one senior German official describing the UK’s proposal as a “grotesque idea” that amounts to a “ticking timebomb”. Several hundred oil drilling platforms in […]

24 Feb 2019

Greenpeace ‘The British government has endorsed plans by oil giant Shell to leave some decommissioned North Sea oil infrastructure in place, despite the German government expressing serious concerns about shortcomings in the oil giant’s proposals, according to leaked documents seen by Unearthed. Hundreds of ageing North Sea oil and gas rigs will be decommissioned in the […]

12 Feb 2019

An Oil rig has permit to dump 6.7k tonnes of chemicals in Poole Bay, and it is due to arrive tomorrow bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/17399387.… Follow this on the Save Our Shores Bournemouth website  AN oil firm has gained permission to dump more than 6,700 tonnes of drilling chemicals in Poole Bay.  The rig ENSCO 72 was due […]

10 Sep 2018

There is a great deal of coverage of the full scale trial of the Boyan Slat boom technology (Ocean Clean Up) and its deployment in the Pacific Garbage patch. One wonders given the high level of fishing net amongst this debris whether a different – hook and catch technology – linked to a Net Works […]

07 Aug 2018

5 articles including petition on Walkers Crisps & BBC action Industry is trying to stop Deposit Refund Schemes   Sue Kinsey  Marine Conservation Society Despite growing public and political support for the introduction of a Deposit Refund System, or Deposit Return Scheme – DRS to you and me – for drinks containers across the UK, there […]