LIMA, Jan 23 — Peru declared an environmental emergency yesterday to battle an oil spill caused by freak waves from a volcanic eruption in the South Pacific.
With its 90-day decree, the government said it plans “sustainable management” of 21 beaches tarred by 6,000 barrels of oil that spilled from a tanker ship unloading at a refinery last Saturday. The government is demanding payment of damages from the Spanish energy giant Repsol which owns the refinery.
The company has argued that it is not responsible for the spill, however, because it says the government gave no warning that there might be rough waters from that undersea blast.
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