Full Coverage: Oceans

08/25/2006 from GNN blogs:
" 'The worst oil spill to hit the Philippines’. i hope it makes you think twice on cruisin the ghetto with that SUV," says 'apunk' blogger. The images are shocking.

08/24/2006 Ruotsin geologian tutkimuslaitoksen tänään päättämissä kartoituksissa on löydetty jo 3500 myrkkytynnyriä meren pohjasta Sundsvallin edustalta. Paikallisten viranomaisten mukaan elohopeaa sisältäviä tynnyreitä voi olla jopa 21 000. Ruotsin geologian tutkimuslaitos jatkaa kartoituksia ensi vuonna, jos rahoitus järjestyy.

08/23/2006 Itämerestä, Ruotsin rannikolta on löydetty 30 tynnyriä elohopeaa. Luonnonsuojelujärjestö WWF varoittaa meren pohjassa tikittävästä aikapommista. Sundsvallissa sijainnut paperitehdas upotti tynnyrit mereen 50- ja 60-luvuilla. Mereen joutuessaan elohopealla voi olla vakavia vaikutuksia ympäristöön. WWF vaatii tynnyreiden pikaista nostamista ja käsittelyä.

08/18/2006 The Indian Supreme Court has said that Blue Ship, owned by Malaysia's Star Cruises Limited, has only been granted permission for anchoring at a safe place in the territorial waters of India. The court said no permission whatsoever has been granted for breaking of the ship and that any precipitate action to break the ship without the court's express permission will be dealt with severely, says Press Release by Global Platform on Ship-breaking.

08/17/2006 Indian and international NGOs have said that the controversial cruise liner Blue Lady finally beached on Indian independence day off the Alang coast near the west Indian state of Gujarat. The ship was allowed to anchor in Indian waters on humanitarian grounds by the Supreme Court.

08/08/2006 Israeli bombing has caused a major environmental disaster along much of the Lebanese coastline, writes Kassem El-Saddik. Clean-up operations cannot start without a ceasefire

08/04/2006 A press release by the Housing and Land Rights Network says that the housing, land and livelihood rights of the tsunami survivors at the Andaman and Nicobar islands in the Indian Ocean have been violated. The report - Battered Islands says that people continue to live in makeshift shelters and are yet to be adequately rehabilitated.

08/04/2006 A press release by the NGO platform on shipbreaking - a coalition of Indian NGOs - says that the inspection committee on 'Blue Lady' was under intense pressure to give clearance to the vessel for beaching, as per the admissions by credible sources within Technical Committee on Ship-breaking.