Sue Surkes is The Times of Israel s environment reporter.
A British expert collects tar samples from a beach for detailed analysis as Israel prepares to sue the London-based International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund over a disastrous oil leak in the Mediterranean Sea in February, 2021. (Environmental Protection Ministry)
A British expert in marine oil spills representing the London-based International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund visited Israel last week to collect samples of crude oil leaked into the Mediterranean Sea by the Syrian-owned ship Emerald at the beginning of last month, leading to massive contamination of beaches along the country’s coastline.
The visit took place within the framework of the Environmental Protection Ministry’s plan to secure compensation from the fund.
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People shop from a stall selling Ramadan lanterns along a main street in the in the northern suburb of Shubra (home to a large Christian population) of Egypt s capital Cairo on April 12, 2021, at the start of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. AFP
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A general view shows the Umayyad Mosque in the Old city of Damascus, Syria, on 12 April 2021. EPA
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A man checks a traditional lantern known in Arabic as Fanous Ramadan at the start of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in the old city of Lebanon s southern city of Sidon, on April 12, 2020. (Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)
Sue Surkes is The Times of Israel s environment reporter.
A fuel tank owned by a Europe Asia Pipeline Company factory just outside of the southern city of Ashkelon, where a fuel leak occurred in late November 2020. (Environmental Protection Ministry)
The Environmental Protection Ministry announced Monday that it had opened a criminal investigation into a fuel leak late last year from a tank owned by the state-owned Europe Asia Pipeline Company Ltd.
The investigation comes as the EAPC is set to significantly expand its activities, amid concerns over the secretive firm’s safety record, six years after it caused what has been called the worst environmental disaster in Israel’s history.
The owners of the Emerald, the tanker believed to have spilled massive amounts of oil off the Israeli coast in February, have been identified, the Environmental Protection Ministry revealed Sunday. According to an independent investigation by the private intelligence agency Black Cube, the tanker - registered in the
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