Bay of Plenty - to Ever Arts

"Bay of Plenty" - to Ever Arts, 1011:
"An oil spill in New Zealand is now being described by the government as the country’s “worst ever maritime environmental disaster”.
Yesterday authorities said up to 30 tonnes of oil had leaked from the grounded container ship Rena, but now say the figure could be as high as 350. Oil has already begun to come ashore on numerous beaches in the Bay of Plenty, in a part of the country where nature reserves and wildlife are popular with local and overseas holidaymakers.
Bad weather has been hampering efforts to pump some 1700 tonnes of oil from the ship, which is also carrying containers with toxic materials.
11/10 08:13 CET Copyright © 2011 euronews"

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Tags: disaster, environment, newzealand, walterrovere
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Comment by Walter Rovere on October 14, 2011 at 11:14pm: Recognized? One could argue - with tragic irony - that after all oil is made of prehistoric plants (I think)... and now I read they're starting to find hundreds of dead sea birds...

Tragic and ironic indeed that the place is named Bay of Plenty, a metaphor for what we're getting with consumerism and globalization..

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