“This is the second time during a severe storm this year that Mossmorran has had to resort to emergency flaring. Exxon has blamed it on a compressor component but has yet to come clean about what caused this failure. If the plant can’t cope with Scottish weather, should it be operating at all? If the […]
Dear friends, Following a two-week period of consultation and reflection Climate Scotland Scotland has agreed by consensus that our camp planned for July will not take place, and to instead organise a camp in 2021. At the forefront of this decision are the very real barriers raised by the ongoing global pandemic. However, we also believe […]
James Glen, chair of Mossmorran Action Group, responded to today’s CAS 2018 results from SEPA: “It’s no wonder Exxon has been given a poor rating by SEPA. This rating is only on their performance in 2018, when 2019 was much worse with the extreme flaring at Easter and the two, in HSE’s words, “catastrophic” boiler […]
Chair of Mossmorran Action Group James Glen says: “Last week’s flaring at Mossmorran has given rise to unprecedented levels of concern in the local communities and further afield. People have many questions and anxieties going forward, and official communications – public announcements from Exxon and SEPA, and SEPA’s complaint form/hotline – do not allow for […]
Fife Councillor and board member of Mossmorran Action Group, Linda Holt said: “This is a brilliant video by the Lochgelly Youth Forum. Mossmorran affects everyone who lives in the area, young and old alike. We know from our public meetings that children and young people are very worried about the plant, its safety and the […]
After apocalyptic flaring tonight which could be seen from Dundee to Portobello Edinburgh, residents in the immediate terrifying orbit of the Mossmorran petrochemical plant vented their fear and anger on social media. Chair of Mossmorran Action Group, James Glen, a community group Which campaigns to protect communities near the plant, said: “Tonight’s flaring is absolutely […]
Mossmorran Action Group has hit out at Exxon and SEPA for extreme flaring with no end in sight. Chair of the group, James Glen said: “Exxon & SEPA are putting out regular PR but this is nothing but a sop for residents who have effectively been abandoned to suffer the impacts of extreme flaring. Both […]
Mossmorran Action Group has welcomed news that Climate Camp Scotland has selected Mossmorran as the site for their 2020 camp. Climate Camp Scotland is an independent group of climate activist volunteers with strong links to Climate Action Scotland and Extinction Rebellion Scotland. Their website states their aim as wanting to “shut down the fossil fuel […]
Stuart Neil repeats Exxon’s claim that they have received “no formal request” for “monetary compensation”. Yet Joe Purves as well as three other individuals to my knowledge have approached Exxon for compensation. These requests may not be “formal” in the American sense of using a lawyer and they may not have named a precise monetary […]
Resident-led action group seeking redress from the long-term social, health and environmental impacts from the Mossmorran facilities in Central Fife operated by ExxonMobil (Fife Ethylene Plant) and Shell (Fife NGL).
