Thursday, August 11, 2016

Grounded 17,000-Ton Oil Rig Leaking Diesel Near Rare North Sea Habitat (Story & Raw Video)

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"Lessons from this incident will need to be learnt, and quickly," warns environmentalist, "with further decommissioning of North Sea rigs expected and climate change expected to create more powerful storms and difficult seas." Story here.



1 comment:

PinP said...

How prophetic! Another monument to the greedy recklessness of the "fossil fool" industry, beached like a helpless whale in front of a human cemetery. I don't even want to think of what this symbolism means!

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