The Greek Ship Manager Delta Tankers Denied Its Involvement in the Crude Oil Spill Off the Coast of Brazil That Has Kept the Country’s Response Agencies Busy for the Last Two Months
Brazilian authorities said on November 1st that the Greek-flagged tanker Bouboulina, which was carrying Venezuelan oil, was responsible for the spill. Delta Tankers denied this, stating that a thorough review of the material from the cameras and sensors that all of its vessels carry as part of their safety and environmental policies revealed no evidence that the Bouboulina could be responsible for the spill.
“There is no evidence that the ship stopped, conducted any type of STS (ship-to-ship) operation, leaked/spilled oil, slowed down, or altered its course during its passage from Venezuela to Melaka, Malaysia”, the company said.
The company added that it would share its materials with Brazilian authorities if they reached out to the company, noting that no contact had been made so far.
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Civil Defense issued a storm alert with risk of flooding in Santa Catarina, and intense rain may hit the state between Tuesday and Wednesday with wind gusts and hail.
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Climate records from trees, corals, sediments, and caves show that the current warming is the only one in the last 2,000 years to affect the entire planet at the same time and advance faster than any natural change ever recorded, something that did not occur even during the Medieval Warm Period.
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Surrounded by the Atlantic and the Amazon estuary, Marajó Island is losing land to the sea at a rate recorded by satellite, while saltwater is already invading the wells that supply riverside communities, and the process is advancing without any national adaptation plan addressing the most vulnerable inhabited archipelago in Brazil.
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South of Mato Grosso do Sul, southern São Paulo, Sul de Minas, and the Mantiqueira Mountains enter the most critical cold zone, with above-normal heat before the polar air mass, a sharp drop in temperatures during the early mornings, and an increasing risk for crops, vegetables, coffee, and low-lying areas.
The oil spill, estimated to have occurred on July 28 and 29, affected 2,500 km of the Brazilian coast, hitting at least 120 sites in 77 municipalities. The Brazilian Environmental Agency IBAMA previously stated that the substance was ‘crude oil’ of a type not produced in Brazil.

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