Oil Spill Along the Lebanese Coast


	Oil Spill Along the Lebanese Coast

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8-17-2006 11:03 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/cd72b66b-86e8-4248-9dd9-3125891af73d/CADBC00D-E1DC-4208-BC84-ED018F5EBD30/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/shownh.php3?img_id=13784" href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/shownh.php3?img_id=13784" style="font-size: 11px;">earthobservatory.nasa.gov</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/shownh.php3?img_id=13784"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/earthobservatory.nasa.gov/img/727147EB-E061-445A-B830-C189BDD5DA43" alt="Oil Spill Along the Lebanese Coast Image. Caption explains image." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/shownh.php3?img_id=13784"><FONT face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Oil Spill Along the Lebanese Coast</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/shownh.php3?img_id=13784"><P class="first">In the summer of 2006, military conflict between Lebanon and Israel led to an oil spill along the coast of Lebanon. Between July 13 and 15, 2006, damage to the Jiyyeh Power Station released thousands of tons of oil along the coast of Lebanon. According to BBC news, early estimates indicated that the oil spill <A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5233358.stm">could rival</A> the Exxon Valdez accident in 1989. Covering roughly 120 kilometers (75 miles), the spill was <A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5255966.stm">expected to affect</A> fishing and tourism industries, as well as local wildlife. Because cleanup efforts could not safely begin until the hostilities ended, the oil slick continued to spread in the Mediterranean Sea in early August 2006. Representatives from the United Nations, the European Union, and the International Maritime Organization <A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4798965.stm">planned to discuss</A> the issue in Greece on August 17, 2006.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/CADBC00D-E1DC-4208-BC84-ED018F5EBD30/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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