기억하시는분도 계시겠지만 지난달 외신에는 대문짝만하게 뜬 기사였는데 우리나라에는 크게 알려지지 않은 기사가 생각나네요.
아래는 지난달 아름답기로 소문난 샌프란시스코 베이에 한국 유조선 crew실수로 생각되는 선박과 가교의 다리와의 충돌로 인해 약 58,000갤론의 벙커씨유가 유출되어 비상이 걸린 기사입니다. 현재도 아주 심각한 상태인것으로 알고 있습니다.
원래대로 복원하는데 몇년이 걸릴 수도 있다고 되어 있는데...
아직 미당국의 수사 결과가 정식으로 발표나지 않아서 그런가... 어떤 기사에도 최근에 일어난 이 사고를 언급하는 기사는 없군요.
A Nasty Spill
Investigating the massive oil leak in San Francisco Bay.
Kurt Rogers / San Francisco Chronicle-AP
By Karen Breslau | Newsweek Web Exclusive
Nov 12, 2007 | Updated: 6:05 p.m. ET Nov 12, 2007
When a South Korean-owned cargo ship struck a tower supporting the San Francisco Bay Bridge last Wednesday, ripping a large gash in its hull, the United States Coast Guard first estimated that 140 gallons of fuel had leaked into San Francisco Bay. More than 12 hours later, the Coast Guard announced that in fact 58,000 gallons of a thick, gummy product known as "bunker oil" had gushed into the bay, making the collision of the Cosco Busan the worst oil spill in the region in more than a decade. As the oil slick spreads beyond the Golden Gate Bridge, killing waterfowl and fish, elected officials, including Senators Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Mayor Gavin Newsom have blasted the response from the shipping company and from the Coast Guard. Adm. Thad Allen, the Coast Guard commandant, said after touring the area that the delays in reporting and containing the spill were caused by "errors of omission." Federal officials said Monday they may bring criminal charges against the ship's operators. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the vessel's pilot has been involved in four ship-handling incidents (including one grounding) in recent years. Meanwhile, environmental groups are scrambling to assist in the efforts to clean what has now become a vast area of northern California's ecologically delicate ocean and shoreline. Sejal Choksi is an attorney with the nonprofit environmental watchdog group San Francisco Baykeeper. After inspecting the damage from the spill, she spoke with NEWSWEEK's Karen Breslau. Excerpts:
NEWSWEEK: What progress is being made in the cleanup?
Sejal Choksi: Over the weekend we had 4,000 to 5,000 people offering to help out. Then we had these [government] agencies saying, "Don't come out to the beaches. You will get in the way. You aren't trained to handle hazardous materials or injured wildlife." So we ended up with people coming out to their favorite beaches anyway, trying to do what they could. The park officials and police would come, and some would cite people, or some would turn a blind eye, because they could see the work wasn't getting done. Baykeeper has been asking for volunteer training for our members, and we didn't get it until today. Hopefully, it's not too late to get people out there to make a difference.
아래는 지난달 아름답기로 소문난 샌프란시스코 베이에 한국 유조선 crew실수로 생각되는 선박과 가교의 다리와의 충돌로 인해 약 58,000갤론의 벙커씨유가 유출되어 비상이 걸린 기사입니다. 현재도 아주 심각한 상태인것으로 알고 있습니다.
원래대로 복원하는데 몇년이 걸릴 수도 있다고 되어 있는데...
아직 미당국의 수사 결과가 정식으로 발표나지 않아서 그런가... 어떤 기사에도 최근에 일어난 이 사고를 언급하는 기사는 없군요.
A Nasty Spill
Investigating the massive oil leak in San Francisco Bay.
Kurt Rogers / San Francisco Chronicle-AP
By Karen Breslau | Newsweek Web Exclusive
Nov 12, 2007 | Updated: 6:05 p.m. ET Nov 12, 2007
When a South Korean-owned cargo ship struck a tower supporting the San Francisco Bay Bridge last Wednesday, ripping a large gash in its hull, the United States Coast Guard first estimated that 140 gallons of fuel had leaked into San Francisco Bay. More than 12 hours later, the Coast Guard announced that in fact 58,000 gallons of a thick, gummy product known as "bunker oil" had gushed into the bay, making the collision of the Cosco Busan the worst oil spill in the region in more than a decade. As the oil slick spreads beyond the Golden Gate Bridge, killing waterfowl and fish, elected officials, including Senators Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Mayor Gavin Newsom have blasted the response from the shipping company and from the Coast Guard. Adm. Thad Allen, the Coast Guard commandant, said after touring the area that the delays in reporting and containing the spill were caused by "errors of omission." Federal officials said Monday they may bring criminal charges against the ship's operators. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the vessel's pilot has been involved in four ship-handling incidents (including one grounding) in recent years. Meanwhile, environmental groups are scrambling to assist in the efforts to clean what has now become a vast area of northern California's ecologically delicate ocean and shoreline. Sejal Choksi is an attorney with the nonprofit environmental watchdog group San Francisco Baykeeper. After inspecting the damage from the spill, she spoke with NEWSWEEK's Karen Breslau. Excerpts:
NEWSWEEK: What progress is being made in the cleanup?
Sejal Choksi: Over the weekend we had 4,000 to 5,000 people offering to help out. Then we had these [government] agencies saying, "Don't come out to the beaches. You will get in the way. You aren't trained to handle hazardous materials or injured wildlife." So we ended up with people coming out to their favorite beaches anyway, trying to do what they could. The park officials and police would come, and some would cite people, or some would turn a blind eye, because they could see the work wasn't getting done. Baykeeper has been asking for volunteer training for our members, and we didn't get it until today. Hopefully, it's not too late to get people out there to make a difference.
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