Tag: oil spill

Now we wait.

Israel’s alleged ongoing disruptions of Iranian oil-smuggling to Syria, which enabled a terror financing channel to Hezbollah, and Tehran’s resulting retaliation may have set off alarm bells in the Biden administration ahead of new nuclear talks.

On most beaches, the season has not yet begun, and bathing in undeclared beaches is prohibited as long as there are no rescue services available there.

The ship turned off their tracking system near Israel, dumped hundreds of tons of Iranian crude oil off of Israel's coast, and sailed to Syria and back to Iran.

The “Minerva Helen” was not the source of the ecological disaster, says Israel's Environmental Protection Ministry after inspecting the vessel.

Dead marine animals have been washing up on Israel’s beaches, including a 17-meter baby fin whale.

"We also fear that the tar will penetrate the soil, which is why we are trying to collect the tar from the soil."

A team of international researchers, including Prof. Maoz Fine of Bar-Ilan University, says there may still be time to prevent an ecological disaster.

The Ambarnaya is heavily polluted by the mining industry of Norilsk, to the point that fishing is no longer possible there.

"This is another reminder that citizens must take responsibility because the state ... does not maintain the public’s right to clean and healthy nature.”

The rocket attack comes after Saudi Arabia’s oil supply came under an attack by drones and cruise missiles on September 14, cutting in half the Saudi oil production.

The environmentalists siphoned off the oil, containing the leak and preventing it from reaching beyond the port to the open sea.

First Lebanon's Hezbollah started the Second Lebanon War, now the UN wants Israel to pay Lebanon for damages.

This is the season to pray for rain, but precipitation in the Arava would worsen the disaster by gushing the oil to Eilat.

Firefighters have stopped the flow of thousands of gallons of oil.