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The following is a chronological list of Reports and Press Releases. If you are looking for a news item you can find it in Campaign News.

DateDescription
07/26/2006 Local & National Groups Challenge Giant Motiva/Shell Expansion as Environmental Injustice to Low Income Community
06/29/2006 New Report outlines flaws in U.S. EPA Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs)
12/14/2005 New Demographic Study of Philadelphia Refinery Neighborhood Shows; Dramatic Impacts of Living in the Shadow of Gasoline Production
12/08/2005 Global Fenceline Communities Demand that Shell CEO Deliver on His Promises Campaign to Right Shell's Wrongs to Continues
12/07/2005 Fenceline Communities Meet with Shell-CEO Van der Veer:
Shell Neighbors Tell Big Boss:
"Keep Your Promises Made for Responsible Business"
11/30/2005 AUDIT OF EPA/ DEQ SAMPLES REVEALS AIR CONTAMINATION AND HEALTH HAZARDS
09/19/2005 OIL GIANT BP CORPORATION FOUND NEGLIGENT IN FIRST OF 25 BENZENE LAWSUITS
09/08/2005 Corpus Christi, Texas Environmental Justice Advocate to Receive National Latina Award
08/24/2005 Local and National Environmental Groups Object to EPA Valero Consent Decree Agreement
08/02/2005 Texas Ignores "Upset" Air Emissions by Industries
At Tremendous Costs to Texas Taxpayers, Human Health
06/28/2005 Community People Demand Answers from Shell at Annual General Meeting in The Hague and London
06/25/2005 Gathering Storm: Neighbors of Oil Giant Shell Protest at Corporate Headquarters New Report Accuses Shell of Global Human Rights and Environmental Abuses
04/20/2005 Oil Refinery Neighbors Launch Earth Day Outreach
02/23/2005 Breathing Fire: New Refinery Flaring Report Targets Environmental Injustice
02/09/2005 Citgo Sneak Attack on Corpus Christi Northside Steals Buffer Zone Refinery Move Signals Long Term Plan to Oust African American Neighborhood
02/09/2005 ExxonMobil Found Guilty of violating the Clean Air Act at the refinery in Chalmette, LA
08/18/2004National Report Shows "Upset" Air Pollution Endangering Public Health
06/23/2004BEHIND THE SHINE - THE REAL IMPACTS OF SHELL'S WORK AROUND THE WORLD
05/18/2004Port Arthur Motiva Refinery Federal Permit Challenged by Local Environmental Justice Group and National Refinery Campaign
04/19/2004First African American Wins Global Environmental Prize - Used Bucket Brigade to Expose Shell Pollution
02/12/2004Citizen Groups Sue ExxonMobil's Chalmette Refinery Adobe pdf file
02/09/2004Chalmette Residents go High Tech to Monitor Exxon's Emissions
12/24/2003Court Blocks Bush EPA Changes to Clean Air Act
12/04/2003Citizen Groups give Chalmette Refining Notice of their Intent to Sue for Violations of the Clean Air Act and the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act
09/22/2003Shell Neighbors from Globe to Gather in Port Arthur, Texas - SEPT. 24, 2003
09/18/2003Rubbertown Activists Bring in High Tech Real Time Pollution Monitor to Find Polluter Hot Spots and Demand Clean up
09/09/2003Refinery Reform Challenges Senate on new EPA nominee
08/01/2003Chemical Safety Alert: Hazards of Delayed Coker Unit (DCU) Operations
06/25/2003PORT ARTHUR EPA TOXIC AIR TESTS DURING UNUSUAL PERIOD WHEN POLLUTERS HAD NO UPSETS
06/25/2003Port Arthur Refineries and Chemical Plants Sued by Hundreds of Area Pollution Victims
06/12/200354 TOXIC CHEMICALS DETECTED IN LOCAL AIR South Philadephia Citizens release report on neighborhood air sampling program
04/23/2003SHELL REFINERY VICTIMS TO CONFRONT COMPANY OFFICIALS, SHAREHOLDERS AT 4/23 ANNUAL MEETINGToxic Air Pollution, Environmental Racism, Unfair Play Top Community Activist Concerns
03/11/2003SMOKE FROM THE TOXIC TRIANGLE: How Big Industry’s Pet Politicians Are Choking Our Clean Air Laws
03/04/2003New Study Details Widespread Chemical Threats to Texas School Children
Two Thirds of Hazardous Pollution from Texas Refineries and Chemical Plants is Released within 2 Miles of Schools in Eight Counties; Unequal Protection: Most Students At-Risk are Hispanic and African-American
02/12/2003Citizens Charge State Environmental Agency and Premcor Refinery with Civil Rights Violation Over Pollution Increases
'Smoking Gun' Internal Memos Show Agency and Refinery Conspiracy to Deny Public's Right to Know
02/06/2003Texas Groups Demand EPA's Top Cop Investigate of State's Environmental Commission
Inspector General Notes Serious Problems Apply to Regional EPA, Not Just Louisiana
01/30/2003AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY GROUPS AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS BLAST SEN. LANDRIEU'S VOTE FOR INCREASED POLLUTION
Groups Ask Senator to Take a Toxic Tour of Polluted Communities
01/29/2003EPA Air Monitoring Truck Enters Port Arthur, Texas, "Toxic Air Space"
Community and National Groups Want Permanent Air Toxics Monitoring in the Community Based on EPA Test
-Community Meeting with EPA Friday, January 31, 2003
11/23/2002NO TIME TO WASTE, ADMINISTRATION GETS TO WORK, DISMANTLING CLEAN AIR ACT
"NEW SOURCE REVIEW" RULES ROLLED BACK, WILL FACE OPPOSITION ON MULTIPLE FRONTS
11/07/2002SHELL OIL VICTIMS TO SEEK TALKS WITH TOP COMPANY OFFICIALS, RELEASE NEW BOOK EXPOSING ABUSES AROUND THE GLOBE
Far From Being Reborn As Environmentally Conscious Oil Company, Shell Continues Pattern of Serious Environmental Problems
10/28/2002First Ever Review of Shell Oil's Global Environmental Performance
Major New Book Marks Anniversary of Shell Critics' Execution. "Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire" Investigates Environmental, Worker Safety & Human Rights Record vs. Company Rhetoric.
10/08/2002ACADEMICS, CITIZENS, INDUSTRY, AND GOVERNMENT COLLABORATE FOR FIRST EVER COMMUNITY AIR MONITORING FAIR
Top Institutional/Community Collaborative Brings State of the Art Technology to Louisiana
08/21/2002New Report on Royal Dutch Shell Corporation's Global Operations and Environmental Impacts
Web Site Launched to Collect Stories from Shell Neighbors for New Book to be Released Later This Year
08/16/2002Refinery Activists Travel to World Summit
Put Global Spotlight on Cancer Alley Polluters - Lack of Accountability
08/09/2002Dirty Little Secrets Behind Industry's Dirty Air Campaign
06/11/2002Norco, LA: All Diamond given option to relocate.
02/02/2002Smokestack Rollback: Executive Summary (PDF)
Smokestack Rollback: The Full Report (PDF)
A new report calculates just how bad the Bush EPA proposals are for your right to breathe clean Air.