Why dont we hear about the oil spills in Nigeria?
About 300 oil spills a year occur in the Niger Delta. In fact, a large one from an ExxonMobil pipe occurred on May 10th, 2010. Have you heard of it? You probably haven’t heard of it because there is practically no US or European coverage of it. Just as there is practically no coverage of the hundreds of other oil spills there every year. The question is, why?
I would guess that the media doesn't pay attention to these oil spills because: 1) if they happen so frequently, what is the “news”? 2) they are far away and, perhaps, less dramatic than wars or extreme natural disasters that attract more interantional attention; 3) they are in a place of very little emotional concern to most people in the US or Europe.
These oil spills still cause massive environmental, economic and emotional damage, though. And, if given proper light, bring to the forefront the horrendous results of our dependence on oil. “Oil spills are a regular occurrence in Nigeria, about 300 a year, it is estimated over the past 50 years about 1.5 million tons have been dumped in the Delta alone.
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