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Environmental News Clean-up of Israeli desert oil spill could take years - experts
Environmental News Clean-up of Israeli desert oil spill could take years - expertsClean-up of Israeli desert oil spill could take years - experts
December 10, 2014
(Reuters) - Ecologists said on Wednesday it could take years to clean up a massive oil spill that flooded an Israeli nature reserve with up to five million liters of crude and threatened to spread to the Red Sea shore and neighboring Jordan.
A breached pipeline started spewing oil into Evrona desert reserve -- famed for its rare deer and douma palms -- a week ago, causing what experts called the worst spill in Israel's 66-year history.