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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

SoJDC add another 100k to Jersey tax payers’ bill

Dodgy moves by SoJDC - 06 Jan 2016 - SOS Jersey

SOJDC RESUBMIT PLANS TO TRY AND AVOID APPEAL, COSTING THE TAXPAYER OVER £100,000.

Esplanade’s new tenant and a broken pledge

SOS Jersey have known for some time that UBS were likely to sign up for part of Building 4 – the first building of six. Building work cannot proceed under the as yet unchanged Memorandum of Understanding that exists unless

Parishioners give their views on Esplanade

Deputy Monty Tadier arranged a meeting at Communicare on Wednesday evening (20 May 2015) primarily to obtain the views of concerned St. Brelade’s residents on the International Finance Centre and to explain what he is doing about it. Here’s how

Planning’s response to Esplanade letter – No surprises, sadly!

Planning response - your complaints about the Esplanade tree felling ignored

PLEASE SHARE. Esplanade tree felling – Planning respond to your complaints – No action to be taken! Are you surprised? Sadly, we aren’t at all.Read on to see what happened.

Sea lettuce debacle latest

Sea Lettuce remains a problem in St Aubin's Bay. Image courtesy of Jacqui Carrel © SOSJ

On Tuesday night (28 Oct 2014) three members of SOSJ attended a TTS presentation by invited speaker Dr Kieran Conlan on our sea lettuce (ulva) problem. Apart from the estimated tonnage lying stranded in the bay 9,000 tonnes, with between

Third planning objection for Finance Centre – October 2013

Save Our Shoreline Jersey submitted their third planning objection to the Finance Centre Development. The application for the 520 space underground car park has now been lodged by the States of Jersey Development Company with the Planning Department.

SOS win fight to save Esplanade sea wall – August 2013

Following our recent submissions to the Planning Department and subsequent meeting with the Environment Minister, his Officers, the Applicant, and SOS members, we can now confirm that the Minister has added a condition to the planning consent relating to the

SOSJ fight to save Esplanade Sea wall and promenade – July 2013

Friends and followers of Save Our Shoreline Jersey may be aware that for some time we have been working hard to try to save this section of the Town Heritage Sea Wall and Promenade from imminent destruction. The plans before

What are the health hazards of exposure to asbestos? – January 2013

“This material is a major hazard to health and no concentration of asbestos dust may be presumed safe.” (Source: Lancet, March 1995)

Jersey’s Toxic Waterfront – December 2012

The second part of Save Our Shoreline’s look at what lies beneath the St. Helier Waterfront and the dreadful legacy that it has left.

International Finance Centre plans submitted – October 2012

No.4 Jersey International Financial Centre, The Esplanade, St. Helier – P/2012/1141 The first phase of the new Esplanade Quarter plans have been submitted.

Gill nets controversy rumbles on

Recently SOS highlighted the use of gill nets high up on the beaches of the south east coast in contravention of the rules which state that they must be below half tide and set between rocks. Gill nets

The return of our native oyster

Picture: The Jersey Native Oyster, Ostrea edulis., by oyster pot

A ‘good news’ story about the redevelopment of the Jersey Native Oyster (Ostrea edulis) industry in the heart of the South East coast Ramsar area.

Tourism Survey – Havre des Pas – not looking good!

Pic: Life-enriching Jersey? Not at Havre des pas with La Collette Looming!

We approached a small sample of tourists the weekend before last in the Havre des Pas Area. It soon became obvious that the responses were pretty much the same: disbelief that Jersey’s authorities would