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Arctic nations adopt marine oil pollution preparedness agreement
The world’s Arctic nations formally agreed to cooperate on marine oil pollution preparedness and response at the Arctic Council’s May 15 meeting in Kiruna, Sweden.
The agreement, which was the second legally binding pact negotiated under the council’s auspices, also encourages future national, binational, and multinational contingency plans, training, and exercises to develop effective response measures.
“Effective prevention, including related containment practices, is critical to ensuring the protection of the Arctic marine environment from oil pollution incidents,” the agreement said.
It welcomed recommended practices from reports the Prevention of Arctic Marine Oil Pollution Project developed, and encouraged Arctic nations to work further in recommended areas.
It also established a taskforce to develop an Arctic Council action plan or other arrangement on oil pollution prevention, and to present the outcomes of its work and any recommendations for further action at the next ministerial meeting in 2015.
US Sec. of State John F. Kerry, who attended the May 15 meeting, said the agreement provides an important cooperation framework.
“As the United States was reminded painfully in the Gulf of Mexico 3 years ago, we need strong partnerships and shared operational guidelines before a disaster occurs in order to make sure that we’re able to respond,” Kerry said.
4 Comments on "Arctic nations adopt marine oil pollution preparedness agreement"
J-Gav on Fri, 17th May 2013 10:51 pm
Hard to tell exactly what the net result of this BS is going to be but most likely NOTHING at all.
dave thompson on Sat, 18th May 2013 12:29 am
once all the ice melts cleanup is a snap!
BillT on Sat, 18th May 2013 3:23 am
Ah DAve, but we are still years from that time, and it will refreeze in the winter which is half of the year at the poles. And those state sized ice floes will still be pushed around by the currents and the wind. What if the Persian Gulf or the Gulf of Mexico froze every winter? Would that create problems? Oil from the Arctic is going to be expensive to the ecosystem AND your pocketbook.
DC on Sat, 18th May 2013 4:04 am
The best way to prevent Arctic (oil) pollution, is get ready for it….
All humans leave the Arctic, and take there fragile oil rigs with them, and never come back.
Problem fixed.