Pembrokeshire Friends of the Earth - News
Remembering the Sea Empress 21st Feb 2016
Twenty years ago, on the evening of 15 February 1996, a large oil tanker, the Sea Empress, grounded on rocks while attempting to enter the Milford Haven waterway at low tide. Gordon James, who at the time was director of Friends of the Earth Cymru and an active member of Pembrokeshire FoE, looks back.
There was little evidence of a major oil spill as a small group of us, gathered on St Anna’s Head, gazed down through the early morning light at the damaged oil tanker. On this first dawn of an unfolding drama, it was rumoured that everything was under control and the becalmed Sea Empress would soon be moved to the safety of an oil terminal. Read more
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