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Audio story on Tanker Traffic Scenarios re:oil spill preparedness

Ashley Ahearn at KUOW/EarthFix reports on the Seattle Army Corps of Engineers sitting on a study commissioned to look at different tanker traffic scenarios and map the riskiest transit areas “Army Corps Slow To Release Report Assessing Oil Tanker Riskhttp://earthfix.kuow.org/water/article/army-corps-of-engineers-slow-to-release-report-det/  Says Fred Felleman of Friends of the Earth, “It’s like a video game. You can play any number of scenarios. It’s the best tool available and we’ve been deprived of being able to look at that especially in light of these new threats coming to our waterways.”

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