UNEP SAYS NIGERIAN OIL CLEAN-UP COULD BE TOUGHEST EVER
August 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is claiming restoring Nigeria's Ogoniland oil region to ecological health could be the world's most wide-ranging and long-term oil clean-up. A Shell-funded UNEP assessment says cleansing contaminated drinking water, land, creeks and other ecosystems could take 25 to 30 years, costing USD1 billion for the first five years.
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THE UNITED Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is claiming restoring Nigeria's Ogoniland oil region to ecological health could be the world's most wide-ranging and long-term oil clean-up. A Shell-funded UNEP assessment says cleansing contaminated drinking water, land, creeks and other ecosystems could take 25 to 30 years, costing USD1 billion for the first five years.
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