POLLUTION
11/19/2002
Oil tanker
Prestige
carrying 77,000 tons of oil splits apart, contaminating Spain's Galicia coastline and unleashing public anger worldwide.
Source
"Thousands Protest in Madrid and Other Spanish Cities Over Prestige Crisis," Associated Press, 20 December 2002
Links
Earthnet: Galicia (Spain) Oil Spill, November 2002 Articles
International Herald Tribune: EU Moves to Ban Single-Hulled Tankers, 28 March 2003
International Maritime Organization
International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation
Marine Conservation Biology Institute
WWF International: November 2002 - Oil Spill off Spain's NW Coast
Worldwatch Links
Vital Signs 2002: "Oil Spills Decline"
Worldwatch Paper 145: Safeguarding the Health of Oceans
Worldwatch Research Library: Oceans
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