‘one of the worst environmental catastrophes in Lebanon’s history’
Posted August 2nd, 2006 in Blog 1 Comment »
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
War kills in many ways. With hundreds of civilians already dead in Lebanaon and no end yet in sight to the violence, it may be hard to even consider a mere environmental catastrophe. But war always brings them about, and it is a way that the death and suffering spreads and continues long after the war itself winds down.
An Exxon Valdez-size disaster is taking place on Lebanon’s shores. Read about it here.
August 8th, 2006 at 2:49 pm
[...] Some days ago, I posted about a devastating oil spill on one of Lebanon’s tourist beaches due to an Israeli air strike on a power station. Today, there is the story of another ecological disaster across the border in Israel. Thousands of acres of forests are on fire as a result of Hezbollah rockets. [...]