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Environmental experts criticize the government of Mauritius over the oil spill in Wakashio

Sunil Dowarkasing, a former senior environmental adviser to the Mauritian govermnment has accused the country’s current administration of gross negligence in its handing of the MV Wakashio oil disaster. Efforts were further increased on Monday to empty the stranded Japanese vessel of 2,500 tonnes of oil before it worsens the level of pollution already caused. […]

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Mauritius announces environmental emergency as grounded ship leaks large amounts of oil

The prime minister of Mauritius has declared a state of environmental emergency after a Japanese-owned ship that ran aground in July began spilling large amounts of fuel into the sea. Pravind Jugnauth tweeted that the MV Wakashio represented a ‘great danger’ for Mauritius and admitted that the country didn’t have the skill or expertise to […]