Tsunami Caused Oil Spill

The recent tsunami in the Pacific Ocean, occuring due to the volcano near Tonga, hit the Peruvian coast and caused an oil spill of 6,000 barrels. This has been described as the worst ecological disaster in Peru in recent history. Many volunteers work to take care of the oil spill. The Peruvian government demands damages from the oil company whose oil was spilled.

When a tsunami hit Japan in 2011 it caused the Fukushima nuclear power plant to shut down. This prompted Germany to speed up its ”Energiewende” and start to close down all of its nuclear power plants prematurely. We will have to see if the oil spill caused by a tsunami will prompt Germany to close down all of its burning of oil prematurely.