Venezuela warns of ‘serious’ environmental impact from alleged oil spill in Trinidad and Tobago
Venezuela sought spill details and containment measures as initial assessments found severe risks to ecosystems in two states and the Gulf of Paria.
- Venezuela claims a severe oil spill originating in Trinidad and Tobago has caused serious environmental damage along its coastlines in two states and the Gulf of Paria.
- Venezuela's Foreign Ministry says the spill poses risks to ecosystems like mangroves, wetlands, and the environmental balance of the region.
- Venezuela is demanding information about the incident, an action plan to mitigate it, and reparations from Trinidad and Tobago per international environmental law.
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Venezuela has reported environmental damage on its coast due to an oil spill in Trinidad and Tobago.
Venezuela warns of 'serious' environmental impact from oil spill off Trinidad and Tobago
Venezuela said that an oil spill that originated in Trinidad and Tobago has caused serious environmental damage. Trinidad and Tobago disputed the size and severity of the spill.
The Minister of Energy of Trinidad and Tobago, Roodal Moonilal, said this Sunday that a spill of hydrocarbons from his land is "not visible" and that Venezuela claims it started there, leaving a "serious environmental impact" in the Gulf of Paria, shared by both countries. "Follow-up inspections by drones and boats indicated that no remnants of hydrocarbons are seen on the surface of the water," Moonilal said in written statements to EFE.
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Venezuela warns of ‘serious’ environmental impact from alleged oil spill in Trinidad and Tobago
CARACAS (AP) — Venezuela says an oil spill that originated in Trinidad and Tobago, two islands just off its coast, had caused serious environmental damage along the coastlines of at
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Venezuela warns of 'serious' environmental impact from alleged oil spill in Trinidad and Tobago
Venezuela said that an oil spill that originated in Trinidad and Tobago has caused serious environmental damage along the coastlines of at least two of its states and in a gulf area near the Caribbean nation.
Preliminary analyses speak of "serious risks" to "essential ecosystems", especially marshes and wetlands.
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