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VI Premier wants urgent action against climate change by top polluting countries
LONDON, UK– Virgin Islands Premier and Minister responsible for Climate Change, Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has called for world nations that contribute heavily to greenhouse gas emissions to be as ambitious as possible in meeting targets that reverse the ill effects of climate change.
Oil tanker fined $250,000 for burning high sulfur fuel near St Croix
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Ionian Management, which manages three vessels including M/T Ocean Princess, was sentenced on Wednesday, November 2, 2022, to pay a fine of $250,000 after pleading guilty to a violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships.
'Address dust & fumes from quarry & incinerator' – WE residents
WEST END, Tortola, VI – “We don’t care who say it's elections time that we complaining now but enough is enough and what goes for the goose goes for the gander. It’s time for this incinerator to be upgraded and more than anything, we need this heavy dust from the quarry to be much less if not totally stopped,” said a resident of West End.