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die Ölpest (no pl.)
   oil pollution

In wenigen Stunden werden die Ingenieure wissen, ob ihre riskante Aktion erfolgreich ist - oder ob sie die Ölpest sogar noch verschlimmern wird.
In a few hours the engineers will know whether their risky action is successful – or if it will actually make the oil pollution even worse.
Die Auswirkungen der Ölpest im Golf von Mexiko werden immer bedrohlicher.
The effects of the oil pollution in the Gulf of Mexico keep getting more threatening.

Related:
die Luftverpestung (pej.) air pollution
die Luftverschmutzung air pollution
die Ölplattform oil rig
die Pest plague, pestilence
die Schwarze Pest the Black Plague
pestartig pestilential, fetid
wie die Pest stinken to stink to high heaven

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