Thursday, January 9, 2014

Trinidad & Tobago: Environmental body slaps PETROTRIN with $3.2 million fine for oil spills

Cleaning crews working to clear up pollution resulting from oil spill, Dec. 23, 2013. PHOTO/Trinidad Express

Trinidad & Tobago's Environmental Management Authority (EMA) has slapped a TT$20 million (US$ 3.2 million) fine on the state-owned oil company, PETROTRIN, over 11 spills that have seriously affected residents and the environment in the south of the twin-island republic.

In a statement, the EMA said that the oil company had failed to submit for approval the required methods for

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