People – SOS Jersey

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Increasing population and environmental effects

Sea lettuce in St Aubin's Bay, Jersey - SOS Jersey

The official population of Jersey is now 104,200 – and we don’t know how many are here unofficially. This, of course, has an effect on our environment. In terms of our SOSJ remit, we’ll briefly outline our concerns as to

Sea lettuce problem update ~ 15 May 2017

We hope to be wrong, but we fear the sea lettuce blooms, which are the scourge of St Aubin’s Bay, will be back in force this year. Here is a brief report on what’s happening (or not) at the moment

Safety – what safety? [JDC & ASBESTOS]

ASBESTOS – HOW MUCH & WHAT PROTECTION? …And what is Environmental Health doing? SOS Jersey are strongly concerned with the asbestos situation regarding the SoJDC excavations for the International Finance Centre.

The Nitrate Problem in Jersey and its Consequences [Report]

In this short report, we will look at the problems we are experiencing with the Island’s water supplies and marine environment.

Sea lettuce problem – Department of Infrastructure must admit culpability

Letter about Jersey's sea lettuce problem to JEP ~ 01 Dec 2016

This letter appears in today’s Jersey Evening Post – it doesn’t need any further explanation, but you can look through our archives to get salient details on the appalling practises and cover-ups:

Results of SOS Jersey’s St Aubin’s Bay survey

Water Quality in St Aubin’s Bay over the Summer of 2016 ~ A Study Summary by SOS Jersey, September 2016 ~

SOS Jersey will be this evening’s news

In the wake of our sea lettuce report, SOSJ Committee Member Jacqui Carrel spent time on the beach this morning being interviewed by Channel TV and BBC TV (Jersey & SW UK) about the sea lettuce problem. Here’s a brief

Building 5 – Many concerns come to the fore during appeal

JEP 22 March 2016 - Report on Building 5 Planning Appeal

Monday 21 March and Tuesday 22 March 2016 saw a number of people at the Appeal against the proposed (and passed) construction of the imaginatively-named Building 5, one of the buildings planned for the hotly-debated Jersey International Finance Centre due to be

Mary Herold – Keppel Tower – Petition

Now we can all help Mary Herold – please share. Last week we reported on the plight of 87 year old Mary Herold. After four years of fighting Planning and the developers, Mary won her last Royal Court Appeal earlier

A win for Mary Herold!

Last year in March, we reported on the ‘Battle of Kepple Tower’ – a dense development of 16 apartments to be called ‘The Waves’ on the seafront at La Rocque which would detrimentally affect Seymour Cottage, the home of 86