Researchers Prepare Oceanic Trash Clean-Up Plan
stationary booms tethered to the ocean floor and linked in a V shape intended to skim and concentrate surface plastics floating on top of ocean currents. Slat, a Dutch inventor who gained attention as a teenager when he developed the floating boom system which uses technology used for anchoring deep sea oil rigs, said the project would be situated in international waters, away from shipping lanes. The cost of the reconnaissance expedition and the debris collection system was not disclosed. Critics say the system is too costly or unlikely to function as designed. Reporting by Emmett Ber
Years After BP U.S.Oil Spill: Compensation Battle Rages
and that all studies had found that seafood was safe to consume. PERCEIVED INJUSTICE Perceived injustice, between those who got payouts and those who did not, has divided the small community on Grand Isle, 50 miles (80 km) south of New Orleans. Within sight of a line of deep sea oil rigs, it was one of the worst-affected areas. Long streaks of oil marked the sand where a couple of tourists walked barefoot and small tarballs, which environmentalists say contain the most toxic form of oil, had collected on part of the beach when Reuters visited in October to report on
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