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...unspoiled Shetland Islands. Bit by bit, the cargo of 26 million gal. of Norwegian light crude leaked into the sea, turning it chocolate brown. On the seventh day, the pounding caused spouts of oil to gush spasmodically from deck hatches, making the tanker look like some pitiful beached whale blowing black blood in the throes of death. The following day the ship did die, splitting into at least three pieces and releasing all its remaining oil into the turbulent...
...Yale Whale...
Less than a month later, the acclaimed environmentalists was under fire from wildlife defense groups who criticized her decision to resume Norway's commercial whale hunt...
Brundtland, who gave the keynote address at the Rio conference, based her decision on scientific evidence she said showed that certain whale populations are no longer endangered...
...representatives of Greenpeace and other organizations said the scientific evidence may be full of blow holes. In addition, they said, Norway's economy does not rely on the whale trade, and whale meat only appeals to a very small market of affluent Japanese...