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Oil spill at sea: who will pay for Peru’s worst environmental disaster?

As the state, the oil company and tanker owners play the blame game, damage from the ecological disaster continues to spread

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2022

1 month after oil spill, Lima's beaches empty, cleanup slow

Dozens of beaches near Lima are deserted and thousands of fishermen remain without work, one month after an oil spill at a refinery created what the United Nations called the worst ecological disaster in Peru’s recent history

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2022

On Peru's protected Fishermen's Island, birds are still dying a month after oil spill

Peppered with fishing boats and thousands of hungry marine birds, from afar Peru's protected Isla Pescadores - Spanish for Fishermen's Island - looks much as it always has.

Reuters · Feb 10, 2022

Peru: 21 beaches polluted by spill linked to Tonga eruption

Peru has declared an environmental emergency after announcing that 21 beaches on the Pacific coast were contaminated by an oil spill at a refinery run by Spain-based Repsol, following surging waves caused by the eruption of an underwater volcano near Tonga

The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2022

Peru demands compensation for disastrous oil spill caused by Tonga volcano

Volcanic eruption caused spill, described as the worst ecological disaster to hit country in recent history, at refineries operated by Spanish oil giant Repsol

The Guardian - US · Jan 19, 2022

Peru says oil spill caused by Tonga waves is an 'ecological disaster'

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Reuters · Jan 19, 2022

Fishermen protest after eruption causes oil spill in Peru

Dozens of fishermen in Peru have protested outside the South American country’s main oil refinery following an oil spill on the Peruvian coast caused by the waves from an eruption of an undersea volcano

The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2022