Mauritius calls for urgent help to prevent oil spill disaster

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Stranded oil tanker is breaking up, threatening even greater ecological devastation

People living in Mauritius have described the devastation caused by an oil spill from a stranded tanker and called for urgent international help to stop the ecological and economic damage overwhelming the island nation.

 

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Umm it's already happened. How can it be prevented? Salvage the mess maybe! Hope it all gets better soon.

Boris Send Them Some Masks.

Who owns the boat? Go after them? What are we missing here?

It's very sad. Once upon a time, I worked on environmental projects in Mauritius, and, in addition to impacting people whose living depends on the sea, this has happened right next to some precious and delicate projects working with endangered species.

Are you watching Trump?

Do we need any more reason to abandon fossil fuels & accelerate the global switch to renewable energies?

An absolute disaster! When will we learn? How many times must this happen before action is taken? Our beautiful and precious planet is being destroyed before our very eyes!

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