LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Mersey oil slick

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

23 Feb 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:19

Description

Karen Hannah reports on an environmental disaster on 19/08/89, when 150 tons of crude oil leaked out of a Shell oil company pipeline, into the River Mersey. Includes interviews with Mike Cummings, inshore rescue; Harold Bardsley, Shell; John Aggas(?), Wirral Director of Environmental Protection; Gary Mahoney(?), Friends of the Earth.

Contributors

Karen Hannah; Mike Cummings; Harold Bardsley; John Aggas(?); Gary Mahoney(?)

Keywords

Pollution; Liverpool; Petroleum industry; Merseyside; Oil pollution; Shell (oil company); River Mersey

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