It seems there was a nasty oil spill a couple of days ago here in Kuwait. The beach from the Free Trade Zone up to the hospital has been badly contaminated. This is the email I received regarding this incident:
Can you please spread the word on this issue. Very important.
There has been a terrible crude oil spill on Jan 14, which stretches from the free trade zone to the hospital. It has already killed many birds and is going to injure thousands of flamingos and other birds.Governmental and volunteer organizations have visited the sites and witnessed the disaster, yet they have done NOTHING to solve the problem.
Please if you know anyone who can help spread the word. You must act NOW!!
Check photos
https://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=14906&l=eadae&id=1255022280
I hope this post brings this oil spill into the spotlight.
19 replies on “Terrible Oil Spill in Kuwait”
i didnt here about that, but if its true, something must be done. I feel sorry for the birds and fish.
that’s crazy.
the sea has been treated really badly since the invasion and all the shallow dreams of ports, bridges and silken cities have to be considered in terms of their sustainability.
we still haven’t recovered environmentally since the 1990 damage, why can’t we just wait and let it heal before we try to exploit it again?
the fish kill was bad news a few years ago. fish counts are substantially down. fresh water sediment (from the blocking and unblocking of the southern iraqi marshlands) has transformed the soil conditions on the sea bed and shores, affecting the breeding grounds of our local fish.
i’m surpised that these issues haven’t been explored more fully.
it is in the spotlight and they are working on it:
https://www.alwatan.com.kw/Default.aspx?tabid=204&article_id=477229
https://www.alaan.cc/client/pagedetails.asp?nid=26533&cid=30
FUCK! Another one. WHEN WILL THESE FUCKING IDIOTS EVER LEARN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Just read about it in Alwatan. It looks likes an oil leak from Doha Power Plant. Unfortunately, the environmental agency in Kuwait are only in it for the publicity. When real issues come up they are the last people to act. The only talk and object when large multimillions Dinar projects proposed and designed.
fuck…
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you people sound like swimming in the sea everyday .. specialy in the free zone .. !
I remember in school we were bussed to a EPS meeting, it was hilarious. Their entire conversation boiled down to:
“We can’t do shit! But you are the future! You do something about it! kthxbye!”
‘spill’ sounds accidental……was this accidental or carelessness?
this does not qualify as an öil spill
Why should we care about an oil spill ? What about the radio active sand that had been transported recently from Kuwait to Utah ? check it out…
https://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1861760_1862220,00.html
P.S. Mark this is something you should really stir up here!
What’s bad about that? It’s leaving Kuwait and going to the US to facilities that can handle storing it?
Wasn’t it the US who brought the radiation here in the first place…….time it went ‘home’ and stopped polluting our kids’ lungs,skin,eyes,……….. ( fill in any organ ). I’m all for repatriation of war criminals, and radio active sand certainly consitutes that.
I expect a decent post about this and hopefully a demonstration infront of parliament.
my gosh!
I’ve heard that a lot of the possibly radioactive soil is being dug up for future construction in some places, spreading the sediment into the air and sea.
i hope the sand sent to utah is part of remediation rather than simply study for another purpose.
comment #8: i hope you’re kidding.
Kuwait still hasn’t cleaned up the oil lakes from when the Iraqis opened the valves upon their departure in 91. Retribution from Iraq and funds from the UN were supposed to cover this. Nothing has been done while 17 years of oil contamination is seeping into the water table – and yes, giving your children cancer.
(BTW, Teach, I seem to remember something about the US being here to help liberate Kuwait during 91. Maybe I’m wrong. If you do a google search, you will find out that some of the radioactive waste you mentioned was shipped TO the United States: https://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=MzgwNTU1MTUz)
There are many environmental issues that the government is turning a blind eye to: air polution (vehicles and what is coming out of power and oil plants), water pollution (oil isn’t the only thing being dumped in the Bay; So is sewage, industrial run-off, anything coming from anywhere that is inside tanker hulls being flushed into the bay), high-voltage power lines close to residential areas and homes, litter and material pollution (ever seen the desert after camp season? Have you ever sat in your car and ordered a sandwich on Restaurants Street and seen how many “Kuwait-loving” citizens throw trash right out their car windows? Did you know about the stockpile of used tires waiting for fire to occur in Jahra?) and, don’t even get me started on noise pollution!
Pollution in Kuwait is consistent and rampant; So is apathy.
There’s a new spill. Happened yesterday in the Mangaf area.
It seems to be a small one, but what do I know.