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 Stories About: national parks AND South Africa AND toxics AND water bodies and marine life AND wetlands
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Not So Jolly
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13 Sep 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Not So Jolly An Italian ship carrying 400,000 gallons of diesel and fuel oil as well as highly toxic chemicals grounded yesterday just off a park in South Africa that is home to rare birds, fish, turtles, and plants. A fire has been raging on the Jolly Rubino for days, and the ship has come to rest seven miles south of the Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park's main estuary. Oil is r ... |
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| Topics: national parks, South Africa, toxics, water bodies and marine life, wetlands (all these topics) |
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