Associated Press image provided by the United States Navy.
A controlled burn near Mexico deploys a cloud of smoke worthy of a volcano in Iceland. Meanwhile, oil from the BP plant officially stated that "the containment of the spill is out of control." BP has successfully sealed the three leaks, but still has taken out to sea some 800,000 liters of fuel more, representing about 5,000 barrels (77,000 tons Prestige let the beaches of Galicia in 2002).
But it is not so much economic loss than environmental. Action to stop this big patch of oil, silently approaching toward Louisiana, are increasingly controversial. Several environmental groups have complained about the use of chemical dispersants on the spot, which may also affect marine species and the entire ecosystem in general, maybe even more so than the actual discharge.
Thousands of volunteers are waiting for the arrival of oil on the beaches, while BP tries to repair the ecological destruction caused, by the construction of a bell to suck the oil at 1,500 meters below sea level. This action has never been tested at sea. In the coming days we will see whether in this case occurs, as they say, that the remedy is worse than the disease.
But it is not so much economic loss than environmental. Action to stop this big patch of oil, silently approaching toward Louisiana, are increasingly controversial. Several environmental groups have complained about the use of chemical dispersants on the spot, which may also affect marine species and the entire ecosystem in general, maybe even more so than the actual discharge.
Thousands of volunteers are waiting for the arrival of oil on the beaches, while BP tries to repair the ecological destruction caused, by the construction of a bell to suck the oil at 1,500 meters below sea level. This action has never been tested at sea. In the coming days we will see whether in this case occurs, as they say, that the remedy is worse than the disease.
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