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Did the Government Cover up February's Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill?
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NGOs claim that the spill in Veracruz and Tabasco started in February in Campeche and accuse insufficient containment and lack of official information
The oil spill that affects the coast of the Gulf of Mexico would have started with a boat near the Abkatún platform between 11 and 17 February, according to an analysis of satellite images carried out by more than 30 environmental organizations. “Since that time, containment actions have been carried out; however, the images show that these were insufficient,” they said in a statement.
Civil organizations accused that, according to satellite images, the hydrocarbon spill that affects the Gulf of Mexico has been recorded since last February, near the Abkatún platform, in Campeche. By means of a joint communiqué, they reported that the oil spill may have started on a boat between 11 and 17 February. "Satellite images show that since the beginning of last February actions have been carried out to contain the oil spill in waters o…
Civil organizations claim to have records of contamination since the beginning of February, but the official speech held that the first reports in Coatzacoalcos were on March 2, when the PNC A was allegedly activated more than a month after the first reports of the hydrocarbon spill in coastal communities [...] The entry SEMARNAT minimizes oil spill damage aparece primero en LJA.MX Noticias México.
San Francisco de Campeche, Cam., March 26.- The active spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which would have already affected more than 630 kilometers of coastline, would have started in Campeche, according to a statement by various non-governmental organizations (NGOs) Through a statement, associations such as the Mexican Center for Environmental Law (CEMDA), Greenpeace Mexico, ...
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