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    Oil spill threatens disaster for Mauritius

    Originally published: Global Ecosocialist Network on August 10, 2020 (more by Global Ecosocialist Network)  | (Posted Aug 18, 2020)

    The Japanese-owned (Mitsui-operated) MV Wakashio was en route to Brazil from China to fetch iron ore from a port owned by the notorious mining company Vale. Here the ship is seen having run aground near Blue Bay, one of the area’s most pristine sites for coral, already threatened by bleaching due to the climate crisis. Now the marine life and fisherfolk must survive this spill.