With Growth of Arctic Shipping, Canada Must Prepare for Major Oil Spills, Study Says

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Jul 9, 2021, 9:23 am306 pts
Melting sea ice is spurring a shipping boom in the Northwest Passage, raising the specter of oil spills in the Arctic. A new study evaluates the impact of such a disaster in Canada's Rankin Inlet and finds an oil spill there would be uniquely devastating, owing to the challenge of mounting a cleanup in such a…

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