BEIJING — China rushed to keep a growing oil spill from reaching international waters yesterday, while an environmental group tried to assess if the country’s largest reported spill was worse than had been disclosed.
Crude oil started pouring into the Yellow Sea after a pipeline exploded last week, sparking a massive 15-hour fire. The government says the slick has spread across 70 square miles of ocean.
Images of 100-foot flames shooting up near part of China’s strategic oil reserves drew the immediate attention of President Hu Jintao and other top leaders. Now the challenge is cleaning up the greasy brown plume floating off the shores of Dalian, once named China’s most livable city.
Read more http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/articles/2010/07/21/rush_is_on_to_stem_yellow_sea_oil_spill/
Article courtesy of Cara Anna Associated Press from the Boston Globe
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