Mother Nature Hinders Vernal Cleanup

摘要

Betting on Mother Nature backfired on cleanup crews near Vernal,Utah(USA)as they attempted to clean up a 59,000-gallon(1,400-barrel)oil spill that occurred in early January 2009(see OSIR,15 January 2009).Though a plan may finally be in place,and the cleanup seems to be moving forward,the amount of public land contaminated by the spill is much larger than it might have been.