Green Police open criminal probe into state-owned pipeline over benzene leak
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 ye...
Source: timesofisrael.com