A Yemeni tanker ship with 1 million barrels of oil has been rusting in the Red Sea throughout the country’s five years of war. Now there’s a chance that a potential oil spill larger than the Exxon Valdez can be prevented. Host Carol Hills speaks with John Ratcliffe from the United Nations’ Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, about the disaster scenarios and what’s being done to avert them.
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