Tanker contained four times as much oil as was spilled in 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster off Alaska The transfer of more than 1 million barrels of oil from an ageing tanker moored off the coast of war-torn Yemen has been completed, avoiding an environmental disaster, the UN has said. In a statement on Friday, Farhan Haq, the deputy spokesperson for UN secretary general António Guterres, said the operation had prevented a "monumental environmental and humanitarian catastrophe".
Yemen: UN removes 1m barrels of oil from ageing tanker to avert environmental catastrophe
The Guardian - 12 Aug 2023 06:24
Tanker contained four times as much oil as was spilled in 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster off Alaska The transfer of more than 1 million barrels of oil from an ageing tanker moored off the coast of war-torn Yemen has been completed, avoiding an environmental disaster, the UN has said. In a statement on Friday, Farhan Haq, the deputy spokesperson for UN secretary general António Guterres, said the operation had prevented a "monumental environmental and humanitarian catastrophe".
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