As I write, Shell is working to contain an oil spill off the Aberdeenshire coast that is already, reportedly, the worst spill in UK waters for over a decade.
As well as indulging in some shameless greenwashing (Shell is choosing to call the spill and the resulting 50 square mile slick a gentle sounding “oil sheen”), the oil giant has been less than transparent about the spill from the moment it started.
The pipeline started leaking last Wednesday; it took Shell until Friday to publicly confirm the accident.
Five days on, we still don’t have enough information to know how serious the spill is. Shell hasn’t confirmed how much oil has been leaked (although it’s widely thought to be around 100 tonnes) and the company is also assuring the public that the leak is “under control” while, according to many reports, oil continues to pour out from the Gannet Alpha platform. Taken from ~ http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/climate/shell-less-transparent-about-worst-uk-oil-spill-decade-20110815
Another fine mess on our shores . . . . The dismantling of these corporate criminals is wayyyyyyyyy overdue ! :x