No US tsunami debris plan
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June 9, 2012, Saturday
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MORE than a year after a tsunami devastated Japan, killing thousands of people and washing millions of tons of debris into the Pacific Ocean, the United States government and West Coast states don't have a cohesive plan for cleaning up debris reaching US shores.
A group of scientists and activists sets sail from Japan today to see just what might be on the way.
"This is far worse than any environmental disaster we've faced on the West Coast," said Chris Pallister, president of a group dedicated to cleaning marine debris from the Alaska coastline.
On Wednesday, a dock from Misawa, cut loose in the tsunami of March 11, 2011, washed ashore in Oregon.
A group of scientists and activists sets sail from Japan today to see just what might be on the way.
"This is far worse than any environmental disaster we've faced on the West Coast," said Chris Pallister, president of a group dedicated to cleaning marine debris from the Alaska coastline.
On Wednesday, a dock from Misawa, cut loose in the tsunami of March 11, 2011, washed ashore in Oregon.
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