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Environmental emergency in Peru

January 27 , 2022 843 days 696 0
  • Peru is a South American country.
  • The Government of Peru recently declared an environmental emergency due to oil spill.
  • The emergency is to last for 90 – days.
  • Around six thousand barrels of oil were spilled into the Pacific Ocean.
  • A tanker of Repsol, a Spanish energy firm, was transporting oil to Vantinalla refinery in Peru.
  • The name of the tanker is “Mare Doricum”.
  • It is an Italian tanker.
  • The oil spill occurred due to the explosion of the undersea volcano Tonga.

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