Trinidad and Tobago Energy Minister Roodal Moonilal said the Ministry of Energy, Heritage Petroleum and the Trinidad and Tobago Air Guard had launched a joint operation to determine the source and nature of the substance detected near the coastlineFile. Photo by Andrea De Silva/EPA
June 12 (UPI) -- Venezuela's interim government on Friday decried a new spill allegedly originating in Trinidad and Tobago, saying the movement of crude oil exceeds in size and volume a similar incident reported in early May.
In a statement, Venezuela's Foreign Ministry said satellite imagery confirmed the environmental incident and warned of the "drift of pollutants toward Venezuelan waters, with risks to marine ecosystems, fishing activities and coastal communities."
The government called on Trinidad and Tobago's authorities to provide full transparency regarding the structural causes, actual scope and direct consequences of the spill.
It also urged officials to establish permanent operational safeguards to prevent similar incidents that could threaten the shared environmental security of both countries
