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A MAJOR national bank has been forced to remove more than 100 misleading out of order signs from its ATMs after being targeted by anti-coal activists.
A MAJOR national bank has been forced to remove more than 100 misleading out of order signs from its ATMs after being targeted by anti-coal activists.
A score of ANZ Banking Group machines sprawled across six capital cities were plastered with "out of order" signs on Sunday after campaigners launched their latest bid to draw attention to the bank's funding of the coal industry.
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SHELL TO SEA:
ReplyDeleteNORTH SEA GAS LEAK VINDICATES LOCALS' FEARS.
"7 April 2012
– As the gas leak at the Elgin platform in the North Sea enters its thirteen day, Mayo residents again highlight the dangers of locating a raw gas pipeline in their community. –"
"Mr Conway continued “It has been shown from the North Sea that oil companies including Shell are failing to maintain safety critical equipment and using this equipment for far longer than it was designed, all to save money. With regard to Corrib, we have already seen the way that Shell left the onshore pipes lying rusting for the last 10 years without proper maintainace.”[3]"
http://royaldutchshellplc.com/2012/04/08/north-sea-gas-leak-vindicates-locals-fears/
http://royaldutchshellplc.com/2012/04/08/safety-check-backlog-at-uk-oil-rigs/
"There is a worrying backlog of maintenance on safety-critical equipment, including release valves, pipelines and sub-sea fail-safe devices,” said the auditor, an oil industry professional with more than a decade’s experience of safety systems and procedures.
“My experience in this region is that if you scratch beneath the surface, things get quite scary quite quickly,” he said."
LOW GAS PRICES VS LOSS OF LIFE.
"Another source at a major oil company said safety still ranked high, but low gas prices – at about half their levels before the 2008 financial crisis – forced operators to weigh ‘loss of life risks against loss of production risks.’
With rising operating costs and lower revenues, companies have put pressure on facilities to produce more fuel in order to break even, which means reducing the number of safety checks that could interrupt production."