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The Safer is definitely not safe New research published today in Frontiers in Marine Science by an international collaboration of scientists urges for the removal of an inactive tanker called the Safer. The Safer sits in the Red Sea and holds roughly a million barrels of oil in storage, but its decaying state concerns scientists who say that a spill is inevitable – but avoidable. The policy brief is published under the title "A Closing Window of Opportunity to Save a Unique Marine Ecosystem" and was led by Stony Brook University’s Karine Kleinhaus, MD, MPH. Dr. Kleinhaus, who is an Asso...

The Red Sea is at risk of becoming an oil-drenched waste, according to a new paper. It draws attention to the need of removing an abandoned, decaying tanker from the sea that holds approximately one million barrels of oil. Image via Pixabay. The ship, named quite ironically the “FSO Safer”, was employed as a floating storage and offloading unit (FSO) for several years before being abandoned due to the Yemeni Civil War. Now it’s essentially a floating, derelict oil container. Although no longer in use, it still carries around one million barrels of oil, which is four times as much as spi...

>> president trump will be wrapping up his weeklong stay in south florida today. i'll start preparations here in washington for his state visit from french president emanuel macron. west palm beach with the very latest. hi, phil. reporter: hi, elizabeth. president trump will be back in washington by dinnertime. right now he is enjoying the fast closing window of his week at mar-a-lago on palm beach. no golfing for the president, but boring as usual done here begin with some presidential treats. starting with a sarcastic one this morning, gop lawmakers asking russians to investigate call me and...

Russia may miscalculate at a certain point at which point we would have to respond with proportionality because we couldn't back down from such an act of aggression. that's why this is such a dangerous power. not because russia is a competitor. it is not. it's because it has a closing window, a declining power and is acting very aggressively. we need to respond in kind. >> dana: if there is not a response, like a proportional response, then i think they will obviously just keep doing it and worse. >> they call it deterrent for a reason. we need to deter these acts of aggression. >> dana: who k...

Yes, it's a closing window. every day it closes a bit. but to suggest there isn't time to do something on comprehensive immigration reform, i think it's inaccurate. >> well, i'm not saying that they'll do it. i'm just saying if you look at the calendar, they could find a way if they are committed doing it. >> they've been working on it now for well over a year. >> right. >> i think this crisis puts tremendous pressure on john boehner to actually finally move something. he's going to have to bring something to a vote. he hadn't wanted to do that before the elections. and i think the more we see...