Podcast: An Environmental Disaster Unfolds After Russian Oil Spill

by steve468 | November 13, 2007 at 07:21 am
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A bird covered in fuel. The Black Sea Disaster, Nov. 2007

A bird covered in fuel. The Black Sea Disaster, Nov. 2007

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MOSCOW, Nov. 12 — An environmental disaster began to unfold in southern Russia on Monday as tens of thousands of oil-slicked seabirds and globules of heavy oil dotted the shoreline, a day after at least 11 ships, including a small oil tanker, sank or broke apart in a fierce storm, Russian officials said.


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