THE NETHERLANDS

Shell hires Bush's environmental adviser by Terry Macalister, The Guardian February 5th, 2007 Gale Norton, a former interior secretary for the Bush administration and a supporter of opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other sensitive environmental landscapes for oil production, has taken up a senior legal post at Shell.

IRELAND

Statement from Archbishop Desmond Tutu regarding the attack on Goldman Prize Winner Willie Corduff Archbishop Tutu expresses concern about the violent attack perpetrated by Shell.

SHELL DISPUTE- IRELAND: Ministers hear depth of Corrib resistance first hand "We’re not stupid down here - the only reason you are here is to please the media. Ye came, ye listened but ye are not going to do anything"

IRELAND: Goldman Prize Winner Attacked by Shell Thugs During Peaceful Protest over Illegal Pipeline Project Willie Corduff Hospitalized in Brutal Attack

IRELAND: Corrib gas talks expected to continue next month - Shell to Sea protestor jailed DIRECT TALKS involving the Government, Shell senior management and north Mayo representatives over the Corrib gas impasse are expected to continue next month, following almost five hours of discussions in Dublin yesterday.

County Mayo Ireland: 12 released after Corrib pipeline protest including Goldman Prize winner - Willie Corduff Twelve people arrested in Co Mayo following a protest against the Corrib gas pipeline have been released without charge.

ENGLAND

SPAIN / GIBRALTAR

SPAIN: FIRE AT CEPSA REFINERY On November 9, 2007, in the evening the ESG received numerous calls from concerned individuals as well as Plataforma colleagues from Spain due to explosions and emergency flaring at the CEPSA Oil Refinery.

MEP PRESENTS DAMNING REPORT ON CAMPO POLLUTION TO EU COMMISSION A detailed technical report commissioned by a British MEP and delivered to European environment commissioner Stavros Dimas last month contains a damning assessment of pollution levels in the Campo de Gibraltar. It concluded that “continuous and unsustainable” expansion of the Campo industrial base is creating “an increasingly hazardous environment” for residents in the area.

Gibraltar EU Parliment Member takes CEPSA refinery case to European Commission Mr Parish also presented the Commissioner with an almost 14,000 strong petition of local residents and a technical report on the refinery that he commissioned, which was produced by Denny Larson of the Global Community Monitor.