Oil spillage in Mersey estuary

Title

Oil spillage in Mersey estuary

Genre

Interview

TX Date

29 Aug 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:28

Description

Interview with Environment Minister David Trippier, welcoming the formation of an investigative committee following an oil spillage in the Mersey estuary. He says all efforts are being made to find out what went wrong. The committee will be chaired by Professor Anthony Bradshaw of Liverpool University. It’s being paid for by Shell, the company which has admitted full responsibility for the leak, and Cheshire County Council. Female interviewer not identified. Broadcast on Radio City.

Contributors

Radio City; David Trippier

Keywords

Pollution; UK; Liverpool; Environment; Petroleum industry; Oil pollution; Marine pollution; Human activities effects; River Mersey

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