« Peak Oil and Petro Terrorism | Main | A Little Poverty Never Hurt Anybody - Ruthless Exploiters, Inc. »
August 23, 2006
Lebanon Oil Spill Hits Seabed
By: Rowan Wolf
Greenpeace has filmed up to 10cm of oil on the seabed off of Lebanon. The spill is from an oil storage area bombed by Israel. Cleanup of the spill has not progressed at all because Israel will not allow flights or ships into the area. The just recently allowed the United Nations Environment to do an aerial survey. The spill is already beyond containment, and the longer it goes unaddressed the wide and more damaging the 15000 ton spill will be. It has been reported that it has likely devastated fishing (a major industry in Lebanon) for years to come. Such a large amount of oil piling up on the seabed will be difficult - at best - to clean up.
Posted by Rowan at August 23, 2006 10:42 AM Category: Environment