Philippines oil spill sparks fears of environmental catastrophe | DW News

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Published 2024-07-29

Fears of an environmental catastrophe in the Phillipines are growing, as oil from a sunken boat continues to leak into the ocean. The tanker sank in bad weather off Manila on Thursday, killing one crew member and creating the risk of a major oil spill.

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All Comments (21)

@Monkey_D_Luffy56 13 hours ago

Just wondering, why do the oil tankers or oil companies not have any team for this? It's always the government/civilians who're trying to clean their mess
@jbh2761 17 hours ago

I feel for you brothers .. respect Australian fisherman .
@peteparsons432 16 hours ago

I don’t see them doing nothing. Where are the divers? Where is the siphon ship? The spill is definitely worse than what the coast guards are saying. Keep up the clean up work.
@Giorg189 14 hours ago

Is this ship one of the Russian shadow fleet that smuggles oil without any insurance?
@user-fs1hv7dk7o 17 hours ago

Who is the owner of that tanker?
@marshmallowcello7528 17 hours ago

This country is cursed by disasters, both natural and man made.
@donniebrookings3695 17 hours ago

And man will destroy his own domain.
@alihms 15 hours ago

And just 4 days ago (25 Jun 24), there was an oil spill in nearby Singapore. It came from a Netherlands registered ship. 400 ton of oil spilled into the sea.
@thruknobulaxii2020 7 hours ago

”sealed 14 of the valves, including those that were not leaking.” That doesn’t say much. How many valves are there total? How many are/were leaking?
@jeddaniels2283 12 hours ago

Who owns the Oil tanker. Who is the Captain.
@chrysllerryu4171 17 hours ago

the worst thing is not just a single tanker sank, there is also another sunkern tanker near bataan
@davidway4259 13 hours ago

WHO OWNS IT
@sanjuansteve 13 hours ago

Adding more chemicals to ''break up'' the oil and so not have to clean it up is THE OPPOSITE of a good solution!!
@sarcasmo57 7 hours ago

We need to use less oil. It's problem after problem.
@paulgifis1908 9 hours ago

Natural crude oil isn't that bad unless it's been refined and heavy metal added. If it's natural crude then it should biodegrade in short period
@EV-FUN 8 hours ago

Just stop oil!
@selfmademaninaction8720 3 hours ago

They need an oil response equipment
@JC-lm2tu 11 hours ago

What another one.... How many more. I've been hearing this for several decades now.?
@derJackistweg 11 hours ago

oh no.
@ignas-b 11 hours ago

did a wave hit the ship? :D