The NSW Environment Protection Authority has fined AGL $15,000 for alleged air pollution offences at its Liddell Power Station in the Upper Hunter. The energy company allegedly exceeded the licensed solid particles concentration limit for emissions from of the Power Station's four boilers i . by Adam Murray | NBN News-News, Sport & Weather
Burnt-out Container Ship Sinking Off Sri Lanka By Amal JAYASINGHE
06/02/21 AT 8:46 AM
A burnt-out container ship that has already caused Sri Lanka s worst maritime environmental disaster was sinking Wednesday with nearly 350 tonnes of oil in its fuel tanks.
The MV X-Press Pearl, carrying hundreds of containers of chemicals and plastics, burned for 13 days just outside Colombo s harbour before rescue workers finally extinguished the blaze on Tuesday.
Dutch salvage firm SMIT attempted to pull the still-smoking wreckage of the 31,600-tonne vessel into deeper water on Wednesday but the effort stalled.
Navy spokesman Indika de Silva told AFP that the stern had sunk to the bottom at a depth of 22 meters (72 feet), near Pamunugama, just north of Colombo.
The Singapore-registered MV X-Press Pearl was anchored off the island's west coast when a fire erupted on 20 May. Authorities have been battling the blaze ever since.