Another Oil Spill!
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Another environmental disaster..... this time in the Egyptian Red Sea......
Really does feel that 2012 will be the end of the world.
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heard tat 2013 than is the world end...
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wad new oil spill ?
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An oil spill off the Egyptian Red Sea coast of Hurghada threatening to damage marine life in the area has prompted environmental agencies to demand tighter regulation of offshore oil platforms.
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not in sg.. dun worry...
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Originally posted by Baggy00:
not in sg.. dun worry...
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There are marine ecosystems in that area on which fishermen and tourism industries rely on.
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Originally posted by Kuali Baba:
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There are marine ecosystems in that area on which fishermen and tourism industries rely on.
hope they solve it quickly...
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Marine life threatened in Egypt
An oil spill off the Egyptian Red Sea coast of Hurghada threatening to damage marine life in the area has prompted environmental agencies to demand tighter regulation of offshore oil platforms.
Large quantities of oil have appeared in recent days around the resorts of Hurghada, which draw millions of tourists who come to dive or snorkle, according to the Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Agency (HEPCA).
'It started four or five days ago and the companies responsible didn't notify anyone. It is catastrophic,' HEPCA managing director Amr Ali told AFP.
The spill was caused by leakage from an offshore oil platform north of Hurghada and has polluted protected areas and showed up on tourist beach resorts.
'The companies have said they will pay damages, but it is the environmental damage that we are concerned about,' Ali said, declining to name the companies for legal reasons.
'We will take all measures, including legal, to make sure this does not happen again,' he said.
HEPCA's warning comes amid ongoing efforts to contain the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico which has damaged fragile ecosystems along the US south coast and halted the region's multibillion-dollar fishing industry.
HEPCA, a non-governmental organisation based in Hurghada, has been working for the protection of natural resources in the Red Sea.
Egypt's environment and tourism ministries said the oil spill was contained and measures were being taken to 'deal with the pollution caused by the spill', the official MENA news agency reported.
Authorities protective of the lucrative tourism industry were eager to resolve the matter quickly. Environment Minister Maged George and Petroleum Minister Sameh Fahmy visited the area of the spill on Saturday, but HEPCA said it was too little too late.
'Visits won't help. We would like to see a clearer plan of action on the ground,' Ali said.
'We would also like to see more stringent standards imposed on these offshore platforms to ensure natural areas are protected,' he said.
-- bigpondnews.com
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We humans never fail to crap at our own backyard and screw ourselves........
Oil already so scarce...... marine life dwindling......... where else are we gonna get resources for power and..... food!
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die liao die liao...