A decaying oil tanker off the coast of Yemen could spew a MILLION barrels of oil into the Red Sea. That’s four times the oil spilled by Exxon Valdez!
It’s a ticking time bomb that could be the biggest environmental catastrophe in history, but no one is talking about it. And the United Nations can’t scrape together enough donations to clean it up before disaster strikes.
We’re going to change that.
If thousands of us come together to create a citizen cleanup fund, then campaign to demand our governments match our donations 100:1, we can help get the UN the money they need to start the clean up straight away.
We have no time to spare – experts say they have to start within weeks or it might be too late. Can you chip in what you can to help stop this ticking time bomb?
Anything extra we raise can be used on critical environmental campaigns worldwide.
More information
A 'time bomb' in the Red Sea could cause a catastrophic oil spill without global help: UN
CBC. 11 May 2022.
CBC. 11 May 2022.
Rotting Red Sea oil tanker could leave 8m people without water
The Guardian. 11 October 2021.
The Guardian. 11 October 2021.
U.N. seeks $144 million to offload decaying Yemen oil tanker
Reuters. 10 May 2022.
Reuters. 10 May 2022.
Yemen: Decaying oil tanker in Red Sea threatens disaster
BBC. 15 July 2020.
BBC. 15 July 2020.