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Perenco oil spill: Company has global record of pollution and harm
#PerencoUK
#Pollution
#OilSpill
#Oil
#PooleHarbour
#AreaOfSpecialScientificInterest
#DRC
#DemocracticRepublicOfCongo
#WytchFarmOilfield
#Muanda
#CCFD
#French
#FossilFuels
#Etimboue
#Gambon
#ClimateCrisis
#ClimateJustice
https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2023/03/31/oil-spill-in-uk-natural-harbour-adds-to-fossil-fuel-companys-long-list-of-international-crimes-against-people-and-the-planet/

Have you heard about the #oilspill into Poole Harbour from the Wytch Farm oil field in #Dorset? #PooleHarbour is an environmentally sensitive region and the second largest natural #harbour in the world (behind Sydney).
#Perenco #oil
Some interesting facts here: -

https://theconversation.com/poole-oil-spill-expert-qanda-why-is-there-an-oil-field-in-dorset-anyway-202769

You can read in #Hansard, the unease in 1984 when the #Tories under #Thatcher flogged #WytchFarm in #PooleHarbour. They knew it was a national asset and showed a distinct lack of care regarding the conservation of the area of outstanding natural beauty then.

It was considered to be worth between £200,000,000 and £400,000,000 at that point.

#Conservatives haven’t conserved anything beyond statues, FPTP and wealth for a very long time.

https://tinyurl.com/3hxdfj6z

If I could have joined the protest at #PooleHarbour today, I would have done (but I’m over 200 miles away). Great to see #XR (big thumbs up for #Wimborne group from my home town), #BCP councillors and residents turning out in force to hold oil company #Perenco to account for leaking 200 barrels of oil and who knows what else into a site of outstanding natural beauty and specific scientific interest.

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23416245.amp/

Calls for answers over #PooleHarbour #OilSpill as cleanup continues

#ExtinctionRebellion leads protest and council leader expresses anger over damage done to #ProtectedSite
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/27/calls-for-answers-over-poole-harbour-oil-spill-as-cleanup-continues
#WhereTheresDrillingTheresSpilling #LeaveItInTheGround #SSSI #environment

Poole harbour: major incident declared over leak from oilfield | Oil spills | The Guardian
#MajorIncident
#OilLeak
#Oil
#SiteOfSpecialScientificInterest
#WildlifeHaven
#PooleHarbour
#PerencoUK
#WytchFarmOilfield
#Dorset
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/26/poole-harbour-major-incident-declared-over-leak-from-oil-field

The problem I have with this statement from #Perenco about leaking 200 barrels of oil/liquid into #PooleHarbour is that it’s not an apology for a gross negligence at a site of special scientific natural interest...it’s just PR speak for ‘nothing to see here’.

I couldn’t find an acknowledgment or apology on #Perenco ‘s website for leaking 200 barrels of oil/liquid into #PooleHarbour today...just this sales pitch about how good the black stuff is that comes out of Wytch Farm...that on closer inspection has a get out of jail clause saying it’s not worth the paper it’s written on.

https://www.perenco.com/sites/default/files/2018-11/United%20Kingdom%20WytchFarm.pdf

I see all the authorities and the oil company involved - #Perenco have swung into ‘let’s play this down mode’ about 200 barrels of oil/liquid leaking into #PooleHarbour.

I’d like to hear a little more about:

A) How this was allowed to happen at a site of special natural scientific interest
B) A grovelling, on knees apology
C) Resignations of those who failed to have proper oversight
D) A huge fine - one that properly reflects the true value of the nature that will suffer/was put at risk