08/01/2018 Newsround

Hi, I'm Whitney.

This is Newsround.

First to Asia, where

there are growing fears

of an environmental disaster

in the East China Sea as a huge

tanker is leaking oil.

Here's Ayshah.

Toxic, black smoke fills the skies

as an oil tanker continues to burn

many hours after it hit a cargo

ship via China.

The Sanchi vessel caught light

after the collision two days ago off

the coast of the city of Shanghai.

The huge tanker is more than 270

metres long and was carrying

about a million barrels of oil

to South Korea.

Chinese authorities are now warning

that the tanker is in danger

of exploding or sinking.

If the entire cargo ends up

in the ocean, that would effectively

be in the top ten oil

spills worldwide, ever.

So it has a huge potential

for environmental damage.

Major oil spills from tankers

are becoming less common.

One of the most serious from recent

years was the sinking

of the Prestige off the coast

of Spain in 2002.

More than 60,000 tonnes of oil

came ashore over a long

stretch of coastline.

Specialist clean-up vessels have

been sent to the scene

of the tanker fire.

There were 32 crew on board.

One of them has died.

The rest are missing.

Rescuers trying to reach the site

are being pushed back by a large oil

slick and thick clouds of smoke,

but are continuing their efforts.

Tonight's FA Cup game

between Brighton and Crystal Palace

will be the first time

Video Assistant Referee technology

is used in a competitive

club match in England.

It's called VAR

for short - and basically means

a referee will be able to watch back

tackles and goals on a screen

by the side of the pitch if he's not

quite sure what happened.

The International Football

Association has agreed to a trial

of the technology.

Thank you, that's a yellow card.

We'll be watching

to see how it goes.

Next, how clean is the

air we're breathing?

Research by the World Health

Organisation says air quality

in more than 44 UK cities

isn't good enough.

And one girl wants to

try and change that.

I've been to meet her.

Air pollution isn't

always easy to see.

It's caused by burning fossil fuels,

things like coal and oil

that we use to make heat,

electricity and to fuel

cars and lorries.

Hadeel goes to school in a part

of London with one of the highest

levels of air pollution

in the country.

This road is really busy

with trucks, vans, cars,

buses, you name it.

Using this special camera,

we can see some of the harmful

gases in the air.

Look as it drives off and look

at the cars next to it as well.

When you put it in normal mode...

Nothing.

You can't see anything.

But what are we actually looking at?

This lab measures quality of air

from all over the UK.

I can see here that you've got

pollution coming out

of the exhausts of vehicles.

That is mainly going to be nitrogen

dioxide and very small particles,

both of which can be

damaging to health.

It's not a worry for most

of us who are healthy,

but if you have an existing problem

with your breathing,

like many old people do,

or if you have asthma,

both of those things can be

affected by air pollution.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan,

says the problem is unacceptable,

and has promised to help get

pollution levels down

to the World Health Organisation

standards by 2030.

But Hadeel wants more

done more quickly.

I am writing this letter

to the London Mayor, Sadiq Khan,

to tell him how unhappy I am

about the air pollution in London.

I wrote two proposals.

The first one is to see more

electric cars on the road.

The second one is to get factories

to stop using harmful chemicals.

She is sending it to City Hall,

where the Mayor of London works.

Newsround contacted Sadiq Khan

about Hadeel's concerns,

and his office told us

that the Mayor is doing

everything in his power

to tackle London's toxic air,

creating 12 low emission bus zones,

phasing out diesel taxis,

checking the quality of air around

schools and alerting people when air

quality falls below

a certain standard.

The Government has promised to give

£3.5 million to help

improve air quality.

That's it from us.

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