Comments on: The Rainbow Warrior heads for Lebanon http://www.ecostreet.com/blog/uncategorised/2006/08/04/the-rainbow-warrior-heads-for-lebanon/ Raising Green Consciousness since 2002 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:19:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: greenpixel http://www.ecostreet.com/blog/uncategorised/2006/08/04/the-rainbow-warrior-heads-for-lebanon/#comment-725 greenpixel Mon, 07 Aug 2006 21:40:18 +0000 http://ecostreet.com/blog/?p=234#comment-725 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. ... A coalition of environmental groups declared the Jiyyeh spill "one of the worst <strong>environmental crises</strong> in Lebanese history". The group Green Line says that some of the oil has settled on the sea floor, <strong>threatening areas where tuna spawn</strong>. It also says that slicks on beaches will <strong>prevent baby turtles from reaching the sea after they hatch</strong>. The green turtle, whose eggs hatch in July, is an <strong>endangered species</strong>.] 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.

...

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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