{"id":475332,"date":"2026-03-14T14:05:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T14:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/475332\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T14:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T14:05:11","slug":"oil-giant-perenco-forced-to-pay-6m-after-poole-harbour-spill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/475332\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil giant, Perenco, forced to pay \u00a36m after Poole Harbour spill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Perenco&#8217;s clean-up package has included \u00a3620,000 to affected parties and \u00a3400,000 to local wildlife projects and good causes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dorset Wildlife Trust was among the organisations to receive funding and its chief executive Brian Bleese, has said it will go towards &#8220;a suite of high-impact conservation projects that improve water quality, restore wetlands, and support nature&#8217;s recovery across Poole Harbour and its wider catchment&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Friends of Dolphin said the funding will help it continue offering free, accessible boat trips for people with disabilities around Poole Harbour. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Wild Bird Rescue Dorset said it will improve bird care facilities and create safer recovery spaces. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Poole Harbour Commissioners said the money will support conservation work, improve access to the harbour and deliver long-term benefits for the environment and local communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Perenco&#8217;s clean-up package has included \u00a3620,000 to affected parties and \u00a3400,000 to local wildlife projects and good causes.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475333,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-475332","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}