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'''Oil tanker SS ''Prestige'''''

'''Oil tanker SS ''Prestige'''''

Spain, a member of the [[Kyoto]] accords, refused to permit a stricken oil tanker, SS ''Prestige'' into a safe harbor; the reason given was to prevent pollution in Spanish waters.  On November 19, 2002, the ''Prestige'' sank in the open ocean, spilling more then 77,000 tons of fuel oil which washed ashore on much of the Atlantic coastal areas of Spain, Portugal, and France. <ref>http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0311/S00074.htm</ref>

Spain, a member of the [[Kyoto]] accords, refused to permit a stricken oil tanker, SS ''Prestige'' into a safe harbor; the reason given was to prevent pollution in Spanish waters.  On November 19, 2002, the ''Prestige'' sank, spilling more then 77,000 tons of fuel oil - which could have been pumped out of the ship while docked - into the open ocean, which washed ashore within days onto much of the Atlantic coastal areas of Spain, Portugal, and France. <ref>http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0311/S00074.htm</ref>

====The ''New York Times'' on waste====

====The ''New York Times'' on waste====