Oil Spill Disasters: How to Limit Environmental Damage

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By Deutsche WelleAug 12, 2020, 9:03 am197 pts
By Loveday Wright and Stuart Braun After a Japanese-owned oil tanker struck a reef off Mauritius on July 25, a prolonged period of inaction is threatening to become an ecological disaster. Carrying nearly 4,000 metric tons of fuel oil, the tanker ran aground near Pointe d'Esny on the island in the Indian Ocean.…

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