Website review: UKRAINE-RUSSIA: Gloomy Prospects f...
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parvez discovered 7 months ago- From the page: "The recent spill of more than 1,000-tonnes of fuel oil into the Black Sea could have severe long-term environmental consequences say ecologists, stressing that authorities are busy trading accusations instead of stepping up cleaning efforts. A storm, with winds exceeding the 30-metres-per-second and waves of up to five metres, sank six Russian ships on November 11 in the Kerch Strait -- situated between the Black and the Azov seas. "There is no real cooperation, both sides are just shouting at each other over who should pay," Alexey Kiselez, a toxic campaigner for Greenpeace -- an internationally active non-government organization focused on the environment -- told IPS. Few dare to give precise estimates of the damage caused to the already polluted sea, but nobody doubts its consequences will affect fish stocks, birds and the plankton. Large quantities of fish and close to 30,000 birds have already been found dead, and there are concerns over the fate of dolphins in the region. Clean-up operations are underway, but the fuel oil is slowly sinking to the sea bed. When water temperatures increase in the summer, the oil could re-surface and reach popular Black Sea holiday resorts, according to Kiselez. The Ukrainian side -- facing less oil damage -- has cleaned most of its coastline, but the same cannot be said of Russia, Kiselez said. "Ukrainian authorities are much more open to requests," the activist stressed. Vladimir Tchouprov, Greenpeace Russiaâ€s energy unit head also said that Russian authorities are hindering their work. "We presented the regional authorities with a damage map which was refused. The police blocked our expedition and are stopping us from monitoring the situation," he told IPS." Sad,real sad!
- PeterJan rated 7 months ago
- the destruction goes on and on and on............
