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Junk the Bunker
Group urges Congress to ban bunker fuel in wake of S.F. oil spill |
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13 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 12:31 PM on 13 Nov 2007 In the wake of the catastrophic oil spill in San Francisco Bay, green group Friends of the Earth has started a petition drive urging Congress to ban the use of bunker fuel, which is gooey, chock full o' toxins, and slow to break down. The fuel, a byproduct of oil refining, is favored by the shipping industry because it's cheap; it's also "the dirtiest fuel on the planet," ... |
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| Topics: energy, Friends of the Earth, news, oil, Russia, San Francisco, water pollution, wildlife (all these topics) |
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