Massive oil slick approaches Irish coastline

[Mr. Sparkle]

Source: BreakingNews.ie

Massive oil slick approaches Irish coastline

17/02/2009 - 19:56:50
The biggest oil slick to threaten Ireland for more than 10 years was tonight being tracked as it moved closer towards coastlines.

The spill, discovered near to where a Russian warship was refuelling in the Celtic Sea, is now believed to measure 1,000 tonnes - more three times the original estimate - and could reach Irish and Welsh shores in around two weeks.

The incident in Irish-patrolled waters has sparked a flurry of diplomatic contact between Dublin and Russia, while British authorities have also been drawn into the ongoing investigations.

Environmentalists said it has the potential to devastate marine and wildlife, with knock-on effects on seaside tourism and fishing hot-spots.

A Russian destroyer, a British destroyer, an Irish Naval vessel and a Russian aircraft carrier remain at the scene of the spill about 50 miles south of Fastnet Rock, off the west Cork coast, along with an ocean-going tug and two refuelling tankers.

The Irish Government has asked the Russian embassy in Dublin to hand over samples of the oils carried onboard the Russian tankers and aircraft carrier.

While some of the slick - originally covering an area of around 2.8 miles by 3.1 miles - will break up or evaporate, the bulk of it is expected to remain on the surface, and is veering eastwards at around 12 miles a day.

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Both the Irish Coast Guard and the UK Coastguard are carrying out aerial surveillance flights, using special sonar equipment, over the area while a tug is being launched from Cork to carry out tests to see if the oil is recoverable at sea.

But authorities believe from past international experience that it is too difficult to contain and capture such a slick.

Friends of the Earth (FoE), the environmental organisation, has described it as a "significant spill" bound to cause serious damage to marine life and has called for a full investigation.

Read more: http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/mhsnsnmhsnoj/

[msongs]

1. free oil, maybe ireland should be grateful lol nt

[bettyellen]

2. may your own home be poisoned and hobbled for many yeas by it.

LOL indeed.

[KoKo]

3. With Ireland in trouble for doing Financial "Stuff" their fishing industry now goes under...

and with a wrecked economy they don't need this last blow. Much of the best "organic salmon" comes from fisheries there that were devasted just over a year ago by a warming event that wiped out their fisheries. They had just recovered. Ireland bet on "finance" to to bring them into the "Global Economy" and it worked...just like it "worked" here and in Great Britain. :-( Now they are facing dire times. They didn't need this shit happening to them...

[wordpix]

4. another reason to rev up renewable energy - inevitably, oil spills happen

:cry:

[defendandprotect]

5. Human error --- nuclear subs colliding -- endless oil spills ---

instead of improving human behavior, it just gets worse ---

[ohio2007]

6. Same Russian aircraft carrier that had a fire and forced into Syria for repairs dumps 500 Tons ?

A Fatal Fire on Admiral Kuznetsov

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

http://informationdissemination.blogspot.com/2009/01/fatal-fire-on-admiral-kuznetsov.html


Fire kills Russian sailor in aircraft carrier in Turkish port

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On Jan. 2, the Greek Defense Ministry said the carrier was due to carry out a series of military exercises near the islands of Rhodes and Crete from Jan. 3-11.
Russia's navy has been plagued by a series of mishaps since the collapse of the Soviet Union, including the Kursk submarine disaster in 2000 in which 118 sailors died.





http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/10722444.asp?gid=244

Irish authorities monitoring 500-ton oil spill

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The Irish Marine Department said the oil slick was discovered close to where a Russian aircraft carrier was refueling in the Celtic Sea between western Britain and the southern coast of Ireland

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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jx4kBFp3SM1V2EKyfEYyck3XQjYwD96DJMO05



http://informationdissemination.blogspot.com/2009/02/russia-leaks-oil-off-uk-coast.html

And they want to deploy their ships in friendly ports.

Russian navy sloppy, defence chief says
August 31, 2003
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030831.wruss831/BNStory/International

Crazy Ivan

imo,

they are not as sloppy as they are criminally negligent with so much evidence against them.