Talk:Gibraltar-San Roque Refinery
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"The Spanish Government has been accused of having built the refinery deliberately in an effort to negatively affect the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, although pollution is indiscriminate and it also affects a large Spanish population in southern Spain.
The results of local air samples by both the Gibraltar and Spanish NGOs and environmental groups are regularly reported to the relevant European Union institutions. Apart from imposing fines on the wealthy CEPSA conglomerate, no other real action is taken."
Maybe this part of the article is a little bit biased, only an insane could think that a refinery could be built just only to damage a population. The refinery was built but a private company -not the Spanish Government- after the closure of Gibraltar's border, taking in consideration the ideal location and the possibility of being a way to develop the area, very dependendant on Gibraltar's economy. Worst air quality is curiously measured in La Linea and Gibraltar (not in places closer to the refinery like Puente Mayorga and Guadarranque) and is mainly related with NOx and particles mostly related to traffic. See http://www.diariodecadiz.es/article/provincia/2379025/la/densidad/trafico/hacia/gibraltar/empeora/la/calidad/aire/la/linea.html
Worst air quality is curiously measured in La Linea and Gibraltar (not in places closer to the refinery like Puente Mayorga and Guadarranque) and is mainly related with NOx and particles mostly related to traffic....... The World Health Organization does not carry out measurements in Puente Mayorga and Guadarranque, see the references section that links to a spreadsheet with the world findings from the WTO. PM 2.5 particles come primarily from combustion. Fireplaces, car engines, and coal- or natural gas–fired power plants are all major PM 2.5 sources. If you look at the highest areas of the pollutants you will find a power station or refinery nearby.--Rockysantos (talk) 15:45, 21 October 2016 (UTC)