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Stories from around the world A crippled oil tanker in the Red Sea raised fears of an environmental catastrophe.
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Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2024
Both can pose problems: The pieces of an uncontrolled falling rocket could crash anywhere, but letting the rocket body drift in a crowded part of space is like releasing a leaking oil tanker in an already polluted river, since the pollution will eventually become much, much worse.
—Ramin Skibba, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2024
The two vessels — Russia’s Admiral Gorshkov, the most advanced frigate in the Russian fleet, and an oil tanker — are expected to remain docked for several days in the Port of La Guaira, a neighboring city to Caracas where the country’s main airport also operates.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 July 2024
The Sanctions The first to act against the Russian oil tanker fleet was the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
—Will Daniel, Fortune Europe, 10 July 2024
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Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2024
Both can pose problems: The pieces of an uncontrolled falling rocket could crash anywhere, but letting the rocket body drift in a crowded part of space is like releasing a leaking oil tanker in an already polluted river, since the pollution will eventually become much, much worse.
—Ramin Skibba, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2024
The two vessels — Russia’s Admiral Gorshkov, the most advanced frigate in the Russian fleet, and an oil tanker — are expected to remain docked for several days in the Port of La Guaira, a neighboring city to Caracas where the country’s main airport also operates.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 July 2024
The Sanctions The first to act against the Russian oil tanker fleet was the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
—Will Daniel, Fortune Europe, 10 July 2024
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“Oil tanker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20tanker. Accessed 25 Oct. 2024.
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