Reading the news lately is so depressing, what with the massive environmental devastation occurring in the gulf as a result of the oil spill, among other bad news. It appears that we will be seeing the devastation for years to come, with no end in sight.
I just read an article about the devastation that has been wrought in Nigeria from oil leaks...the oil companies claim that the disasters there have been due to terrorism and vandalism, but environmental groups and local communities say otherwise.
The article says that up to 1.5 million tons of oil (50 times the pollution from the Exxon Valdez disaster) has been spilled in the Niger Delta over the past 50 years. Amnesty International estimates that 9 million barrels of oil were spilled last year. And of course, the world looks away. Now all the attention is being focused on the Gulf of Mexico, because the great US of A is being affected. Yet again, we only pay attention when the developed world suffers.
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