asbestos

Threats to Jersey’s marine environment – 10 year study

SOS Jersey 10 year study on threats to our marine environment - a report - cover

‘The Threats to Our Marine Environment – a Ten-Year Study by SOS Jersey, Demonstrating the Urgent Need for Independent Environmental Regulation.’ The 30-page, fully illustrated report includes results of the SOSJ ’10 Year Snapshot in Time’ shellfish study’ 2009 –

Horizon Developments

Well, the madness goes on. What century is Jersey in? Surely we know better than to let this happen? To find pout what’s afoot with the SoJDC’s latest development wheeze, the Horizon development, read on. We’ll keep all the updates

A Christmas Post (2018) by Dave Cabeldu, Co-ordinator of SOS Jersey

The Fishing Cats of Fort d‘Auvergne (and Other True Stories) by Dave Cabeldu

SOS Jersey wish you a happy Christmas 2018 and a peaceful New Year that includes time around our beautiful coastline! Here’s a letter to you all from SOSJ’s founder and Co-ordinator, David Cabeldu.

SOS Jersey ~ Helping Protect Jersey’s Shoreline

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

Jersey is a beautiful island and still largely unspoiled, but successive administrations have paid scant regard to the environment. For example: We face an annual scourge of sea lettuce We have ended up burying our asbestos problem (but watch here

Waterfront & Zephyrus update

Well, it’s starting to happen again! Here are our previous posts on the contentious matter of the proposed Zephyrus apartments.

Groove de Lecq talk

Today SOS Jersey will be represented up at Groove de Lecq, in the Grève de Lecq Barracks ‘Utopia’ area – this area is free to attend. Do come and chat with us at our table! We will be giving two short talks

IFC-SoJDC Asbestos update

Abestos warning notice in SoJDCs IFC site

SOS Jersey are moderately pleased to report that the pile of contaminated soil at the IFC was at least (mostly) covered today. We wonder why, however,

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.

Esplanade ash contamination 4x higher than Minister claimed

Four times more ash contamination than expected on The Esplanade development site in Jersey

(Please Share) Tonight’s JEP carries an article encapsulating our recent posts here and their own enquiries from various States Departments. Last Month, on 15th July, Treasury Minister Senator Alan Maclean assured the States that there would be vey little contamination. However…

Esplanade asbestos and ash – good and bad news

It’s still serious, but not as serious as we thought, on the asbestos front – more on this soon – and not OK on the ash deposits.

Old asbestos containers – Jersey’s number one health hazard

THE RUSTY OLD ASBESTOS CONTAINERS – ‘JERSEY’S NO 1 HEALTH RISK’ (Deputy Kevin Lewis, last Minister TTS) After years of inaction, then three years of stalemate between the Planning and Environment and TTS departments, ‘Jersey’s No 1 Health risk’ –

SOS Jersey meeting with Chief Minister

In recognition of their longstanding and important stakeholder role with the island’s environmental and closely associated matters, Michael du Pre (SOSJ Chairman) and David Cabeldu (SOSJ Coordinator) were invited to a discussion with the Chief Minister on 18 September 2014 about

How Kurion can help Jersey’s asbestos problem – December 2013

The shocking pile of asbestos containers at La Collette, Jersey

Jersey is currently stuck with many, many containers of asbestos which are in old, damaged storage units exposed to the elements. To read the shocking background to this story, click here. To find out how Kurion could help us, read

Asbestos issue comes to a head – December 2013

After 18 months of campaigning to have Jersey’s many full, old and dodgy asbestos containers safely dealt with, SOS Jersey believe that there is a technology currently available that will avoid the spectre of ‘temporary burial’. The possible solution is

The asbestos stockpile ‘Jersey’s Number One Health Risk’ – April 2013

A year ago SOSJ started the process of ‘stocktaking’ hazardous substances that were being stockpiled at La Collette. These included the APCr toxic incinerator ash and the growing number of rotting shipping containers filled with asbestos and asbestos contaminated materials.