
Greenpeace have offered Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) the use of the Rainbow Warrior to transport 100 tonnes of urgent medical and other relief supplies from Cyprus to Beirut. The Rainbow Warrior was already in the Mediterranean and has now docked in Larnaca, Cyprus for loading supplies.



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saw photos of the oil slick in Lebanon, not a pretty sight. It has been compared to the Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska. What an environmental disaster that was.
. . . BBC says:
[ Initial reports indicated that 10,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil had escaped from damaged tanks, but the eventual total could be 35,000 tonnes.
By comparison, spillage from the Exxon Valdez accident totalled just under 40,000 tonnes of crude oil.
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A coalition of environmental groups declared the Jiyyeh spill “one of the worst environmental crises in Lebanese history”.
The group Green Line says that some of the oil has settled on the sea floor, threatening areas where tuna spawn.
It also says that slicks on beaches will prevent baby turtles from reaching the sea after they hatch.
The green turtle, whose eggs hatch in July, is an endangered species.]
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