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The stranded MV Wakashio leaking oil off the southeastern coast of Mauritius. Image courtesy of Greenpeace Africa.
Mauritius grapples with worst environmental crisis in a generation
August 13, 2020

A ship that ran aground on a coral reef has leaked about 900 tons of fuel oil into the waters off the southeastern coast of Mauritius. The incident occurred on July 25, and by Aug.

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Oil from the Deepwater Horizon poured into the Gulf of Mexico for 87 days, making it the largest ever accidental oil spill on the planet. Eleven men died in the accident. Credit: Breck P. Kent/Shutterstock/NTB scanpix
New lessons from the worst oil spill disaster ever
July 1, 2020

Ten years ago, the Deepwater Horizon accident in the Gulf of Mexico killed eleven men and resulted in the largest accidental oil spill in history. Years of investigations concluded that the drilling crew missed critical warning signals that would have stopped the problem.

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