Shell To Sea takes to the skies

mayo | environment | news report

Friday July 21, 2006 01:59

by JM

Rossport

Aerial survey of Rossport and Bellanaboy

Shell To Sea have taken to the skies over Rossport to get a better view of Shell's destruction of the area.

"Rossport 1" arrives in the village

The Shell To Sea air corp have begun surveying Shell's construction sites in the Rossport/Bellanaboy area to help monitor the multi million Euro fiasco.

From the skies above Sruth Fada Conn it is clear to see how the oil giants believed they were in the clear. To anyone blind to the striking natural beauty of the place, all you would see is a barren landscape ready for the taking, with insignificant specks of buildings scattered thinly on the ground.

What Shell/Statoil/Marathon didn't realise is those buildings contain determined induviduals, who collectively have turned into a community force to be reckoned with, capable of derailing a billion Euro destruction project and silencing one of the most arrogant governments known on this island. If only the "opposition" had the same kind of courage...

The continuing surface water problem at the Bellanaboy hole in the bog has clearly not been solved. Several months of unhindered water treatment has still resulted in a waterlogged site, even in the middle of a super dry spell in the middle of the summer. When are Shell County Council going to pull their finger out and take charge of our environment?

To be continued...

The local executives get ready for inspection