FUEL SPILL: Several recent worldwide fuel spills impact the environment significantly
Image: Folks on 11 November 2007 cleaning up oil from a 7 November fuel spill at Ocean Beach in San Francisco
There have been two recent fuel spills throughout the world which will shape those local environments negatively for some time. The most recent and significant happened this Sunday 12 November 2007 when a Russian oil tanker lost some 1,300 tons of fuel. Telegraph.co.uk notes:
The polluted area is at the heart of an important migration route for birds from central Siberia into the Black Sea particularly for red-throated and black-throated Siberian diver birds. It is also home to the Black Sea porpoise.
The effects of the spill were not immediately clear but any spill over 700 tonnes is considered large. Environmentalists say the real impact of the pollution varies from case to case and does not necessarily depend on how much fuel is spilled.
Another fuel spill occurred in the San Francisco Bay where around 58,000 gallons was lost this past Wednesday 7 November 2007. The San Francisco Chronicle reports:
On the bay, ocean and more than 19 beaches throughout the Bay Area – from Hunters Point to Tomales Bay, 40 miles north – rescue workers and volunteers have now collected 94 oil-soaked birds and taken them to recovery centers. At least 28 birds have been found dead. The total number of injured birds is expected to rise into the hundreds.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the “Crab season delayed; crabbers ask to bar sports fishermen“. The Chronicle notes that the “effects of the fuel spill are far reaching”:
During the meeting, the commercial fishermen were briefed on the magnitude of the spill and its potential effects on Dungeness crab. They also were presented with potential liability issues associated with crabbing in or near remnants of Wednesday’s bunker oil spill, and were addressed by Supervisor Aaron Peskin, whose district includes Fisherman’s Wharf.
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