BIG oil spills are no longer news in the Niger Delta, where the wealth underground is out of all proportion with the poverty on the surface. This once-verdant area has endured the equivalent of the Exxon Valdez spill every year for 50 years by some estimates. The oil pours out nearly every week, and some swamps are lifeless.
The oil-polluted waters of Bodo Creek in Nigeria. Photo: Jane Hahn/The New York Times
via theage.com.au
This needs to be shared and reshared as it has not been widely reported before. BP is one of numerous bad guys, unfortunately.
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