Article 8 : Rena spill: 'Tomorrow much worse'

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Rena spill: 'Tomorrow much worse'

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Oil Spills are huge environmental disasters no matter how little or large the spill may be. New Zealand has just been burdened with a massive oil spill, by a ship of the name Rena, off the coast of Tauranga after it grounded on the Astrolabe Reef. People around the area have been coming together and registering with the authorities to help volunteer for what will be an ongoing effort to clean the beaches. The tanker has been said to have leaked out 130 to 350 tonnes of oil from its main hull, making this spill New Zealand’s worst environmental disaster ever.

There will be many costs involved in this incident such as the clean up and the impact it has had on the biodiversity in the ocean. The owners of the tanker will cover the majority of the costs from the spill, but the Government will also have to pay their part and especially in the long run. The oil spill has not only damaged the wildlife in the ocean it is also effecting humans physically with rashes and sickness due to the fumes of the oil. We must find and regulate better ways to transport our oil so disasters like this one can be prevented. Our ecosystem is much to fragile to allow mistakes like this happen.

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