Fund:it - Atlantic

By: 
Risteard O Domhnaill

Atlantic’ is the latest documentary film from the makers of the award winning documentary, ‘The Pipe’. ‘Atlantic’ follows the fortunes of three fishing communities united and divided by the Atlantic ocean, as they struggle to maintain their way of life despite mounting challenges within their own industry and environment, and an increase of oil exploration activities in their fishing grounds. 

On both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, new hydrocarbon frontiers are moving out into deeper water, and further north into the Arctic, pushing the boundaries of risk and technology in the race for the last great oil fields. 

The film will chart the politics of resource management of the North Atlantic; from strong State control in Norway, mixed fortunes in Newfoundland, to a more liberal, privatised system in Ireland. 

Posted Date: 
1 May 2014
Link: 

http://fundit.ie/project/atlantic

Shell to Sea goes to UN over policing of gas dispute

By: 
Lorna Siggins - Irish Times

Environmental group makes the submission after Alan Shatter declines to hold independent inquiry

Shell to Sea has appealed to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to raise the issue of policing the Corrib gas dispute with the Government.

The Mayo-based environmental group says it has made the submission to the UNHCR’s office, following Minister for Justice Alan Shatter’s confirmation in the Dáil that he did “not see a necessity” for an independent inquiry into policing in North Mayo.

UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Margaret Sekaggya had recommended that the Government should “investigate all allegations and reports of intimidation, harassment and surveillance in the context of the Corrib gas dispute in a prompt and impartial manner”.

In a report submitted to the UN Human Rights Council early last year, Ms Sekaggya also advised that the Government permit the Garda Ombudsman to conduct an “examination of the practices, policies and procedures of the police in the context of the Corrib gas dispute” and enact “overarching legislation to protect whistle-blowers in all sectors of activity, ensuring that it complies fully with the United Nations Convention against Corruption”.

Posted Date: 
1 May 2014
Link: 

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/shell-to-sea-goes-to-u...

News Release - Government Rejects UN Rapporteur's Recommendations on Corrib

By: 
Shell to Sea
News Release - Issued by Mayo Shell to Sea
April 30th, 2014 - For immediate release

In a submission to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Shell to Sea have criticised the Irish Government for rejecting recommendations made by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights regarding the policing of Corrib protest [1].

In a report submitted to the UN Human Rights Council in March 2013, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Margaret Sekaggya, called on the Irish Government to “Investigate all allegation and reports of intimidation, harassment and surveillance in the context of the Corrib Gas dispute in a prompt and impartial manner” [2].

Ms Sekaggya met with Shell to Sea, Table Observers and other concerned members of the community in November 2012

 
Ms Sekaggya's recommendations were echoed earlier this year by Archbishop Desmond Tutu who supported the call for an independent inquiry into the policing of Corrib [3].

However earlier this month Minister for Justice Alan Shatter rejected the recommendation saying “I do not see a necessity for an independent inquiry into the policing operation in north County Mayo.”[4]

 

Other relevant recommendations made by Rapporteur Sekeggya, including  allowing the Garda Ombudsman to do an “examination of the practices, policies and procedures of the police in the context of the Corrib Gas dispute” also have been ignored by the Irish Government.

Posted Date: 
30 April 2014
Link: 

http://www.shelltosea.com/content/shell-sea-submission-upr-follow-programme

Lars Wagner remembered and Enda Kenny Criticised at Good Friday Walk.

By: 
Shell to Sea

During this year's Good Friday walk from Glengad to Aughoose, Shell to Sea activists highlighted the death of Lars Wagner, a worker killed in the Shell tunnel last September.

 

Posted Date: 
28 April 2014
Link: 

http://youtu.be/HsF8rg013Iw

Jury awards Texas family nearly $3 million in fracking case

By: 
Jenny Deam - LA Times

A family says fracking and other drilling by Aruba Petroleum near their ranch created severe health problems. The civil jury verdict may be the first of its kind in a fracking case.

In a landmark legal victory that centered on fracking, a middle-class north Texas ranching family won nearly $3 million from a big natural gas company whose drilling, they contend, caused years of sickness, killed pets and livestock, and forced them out of their home for months.

Posted Date: 
25 April 2014
Link: 

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-fracking-lawsuit-20140424,0,508199.s...

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