Rotting Red Sea oil tanker could leave 8m people without water

[Eddie Clamp]

The impact of an oil spill in the Red Sea from a tanker that is rotting in the water could be far wider than anticipated, with 8 million people losing access to running water and Yemen’s Red Sea fishing stock destroyed within three weeks.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/rotting-red-sea-oil-tanker-could-leave-8m-people-without-water/ar-AAPnIwp?ocid=msedgntp

[taz]

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With the amount of wars started over oil you'd think somebody would want 1 million barrels of the stuff.

taz

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[Jay_Benson]

The impact of an oil spill in the Red Sea from a tanker that is rotting in the water could be far wider than anticipated, with 8 million people losing access to running water and Yemen’s Red Sea fishing stock destroyed within three weeks.


https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...?ocid=msedgntp

The benefits of carrying out an analysis of the impact for more than a week are shown in this report.

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With the amount of wars started over oil you'd think somebody would want 1 million barrels of the stuff.

taz

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Politicians always try to extract a price for things that should be done for the benefit of everyone.

[TrevorB]

The benefits of carrying out an analysis of the impact for more than a week are shown in this report.



Politicians always try to extract a price for things that should be done for the benefit of everyone.

its trus but still a shame Jay..the quicker action is taken...

[Noggin the Nog]

The benefits of carrying out an analysis of the impact for more than a week are shown in this report.



Politicians always try to extract a price for things that should be done for the benefit of everyone.

To call those who are denying access to the ship politicians is an insult to politicians and BOY!, is that saying something!.

[JasminNeedsGills]

Some good news - Houtis agree to allow a UN team to transfer oil off the tanker to a secure, safe ship as a short term solution, pending a final plan over what to do with both the oil long term, though the UN needs funds released by member states for them to actually get the job done.

There's about $120m worth of crude oil on the tanker, but the different factions in Yemen all claim ownership, so selling the oil to pay for the project isn't possible. The cost is inconsequential in terms of national budgets, but the potential destruction if something doesn't get done is huge, so hopefully a major player like the EU, US, China or India will just stump up some money and say "FFS, sort it out"