The ever-growing Canadian Coast Guard Environmental Response team unveiled a new piece of equipment today, which will replace aging tools used to clean oil spills. Nine new skimmers have arrived at the Northern Atlantic headquarters in Mount Pearl, to add to a warehouse full of equipment for containing and cleaning pollution. Bruce English is a senior officer with the Canadian Coast Guard Environmental Response team in Mount Pearl. (Mark Cumby/CBC)Latest investment in spill recoveryThe new tools are the latest addition to the Environmental Response unit in Donovan's Industrial Park. (Ryan Cooke/CBC)It's all part of the Oceans Protection Plan — a $1.5-billion investment by the federal government in the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and Canadian Coast Guard.

Source: CBC News March 13, 2019 19:30 UTC