Monday, October 17, 2011

New Zealand oil spill – in pictures

New Zealand #oil #spill – in pictures: #environment The 47,230-tonne Liberian-flagged Rena has been stranded on a reef 12 nautical miles off Tauranga on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island since running aground a week ago. Oil leaking into the sea has increased by as much as ten-fold, with the government calling it New Zealand's worst ever maritime environmental disaster