Philippines 'racing against time' after oil tanker capsizes (www.dw.com)

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The Philippines Coast Guard is setting up a massive operation to contain an oil spill after the Terra Nova tanker sank in Manila Bay with 1.4 million liters of industrial oil on board.

Philippines' authorities on Friday were racing to contain an oil spill from a tanker that sank in Manila Bay on Thursday.

The ship, transporting some 1.4 million liters (370,000 gallons) of industrial oil, faced stormy seas as Typhoon Gaemi passed by the Philippines on the day before.

The tanker's crew was hoping to steer the vessel to port, but the ship capsized and sank.

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[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago

The oil companies should have to cover ever single expense the coast guard spends on this emergency. It should not be up to the phillipine tax payer to cover these costs while an oil baron rolls in their mountains of cash.

[-] riodoro1@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Haha, that’s nit how capitalism works. See, if someone has a lot of money they get to keep it and make more no matter what. It’s only when you’re poor you need to pay for every one of your mistakes (and the mistakes of the capitalists).

Terrible, ain't it?

But we get new iphones every year, so we’re even no?

[-] Nobody@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

We’re way, way past that. Oil executives should be flayed and impaled in the public square. Then banking executives. Then insurance. Then pharmaceutical. Then…

[-] aviation_hydrated@infosec.pub 1 points 1 month ago

Does the cash mean anything if the environment is poisoned?

[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Maybe the cash could fund clean up efforts, research for restoration?

[-] aviation_hydrated@infosec.pub 0 points 1 month ago

That would be ideal

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