Italy Risks Environmental Disaster If Ship Fuel Leaks

By Philip Pullella ROME, Jan 16 (Reuters) – As the Costa Concordia shifted dangerously on Monday, Italy's environment minister raised the prospect of an environmental disaster if the 2,300 tonnes of fuel on the half-submerged cruise ship leaks. The ship's fuel tanks were full, having just left the port of Civitavecchia, north of Rome, for a week-long Mediterranean cruise, when it ran aground on Friday

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Italy Risks Environmental Disaster If Ship Fuel Leaks