Exxon Valdez oil spill

the earth and and extracting oil and gas from shale rock. There are many instances of fracking contaminating the water and hurting the environment and even after people see that, there is a big group that doesn’t care and don’t think that they are causing a problem. People and companies should try to stop hydraulic fracturing because it can contaminate water and cause air pollution. There are many ways water can get contaminated but one of the main ways is oil spills. It was said that fracking…

The environmental case study of choice is oil spillage in Niger Delta region of Nigeria. I decided to write on oil spills in Niger Delta region of Nigeria because it affects the poor and vulnerable populations who are unable to confront the multinational oil companies and government who are benefiting from the proceeds of oil exploration. The region which is home to 20 million people consists of 40 different ethnic groups and occupies 7.5 per cent of the nation’s total land mass (Kadafa, 2012).…

FACTORS The BP oil spill directly affected the health of the environment in very harmful ways. In an account of the environmental losses regarding the BP oil spill, a famous writer for the Washington Post, Kevin Nance (2015), illustrates a reflection of the consequences in the wake of this disaster: “We remember the giant oil slick burning on the water, blackening the beaches, clogging the marshlands, choking and killing the fish and wildlife.” Many forms of wildlife suffered throughout this…

Many people would associate the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 as the world’s worst human-caused ecological disaster, citing the devastating effect the spilled oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. Although the slick has spread over a large area, destroy BP’s publicity, and has killed many marine-based wildlife, other events in history makes the oil spill appear incredibly minor in comparison. For example, in John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath, the Dust Bowl, a result of bad farming techniques…

were removed from the area. The native oral tradition told that the ground itself caught fire and burned for months. The fire raged until a huge storm put out the flames and filled the lake. Centuries before the oil gushers were at Sour Lake, the Native Americans used the tar and oil that bubbled up to the surface of…

financially. Though activities like pipeline vandalising are disastrous, they were seen as the best way of making the government of Nigeria respond to their needs, and also viewed as a negotiation strategy with Shell. With Shell producing 39% of the nation’s oil, they felt the government would respond if Shell’s activities are…

The effects of the environmental damage on the navajo nation was that there was a giant waste spill tainted rivers on August 25 in southwestern Colorado. Which this caused damage to the people, river, and life blood. 88,000 pounds of metals poured into the rivers, EPA has taken full responsibility. This was mentioned on page 2. Pages 1 and 2 talk about what has happened and what they are going to do to fix the issues and if they will do anything. It also talks about how much money will be put…

Around the world, there are multiple oil spills each day. These are generally too small to do much damage, but eventually, there is a large one such as the BP Oil Spill that can devastate entire ecosystems. Oils spills such as these often leave the large question of who is responsible, or who is to be blamed. While some of the blame should be put on the company in charge, a large amount should also be put on the companies on the inside of the job that made the spill possible. Due to the fact…

British Petroleum company and the US government tried to clean up the oil spill, there are till remnants of oil still in the gulf today. A couple weeks after the disaster occurred, the residents of the coast can see the impact it had on the environment by looking at their beaches and the surround marshlands. Oil would wash up on sandy beaches which caused marine animals and mammals to be covered in oil. Some would die from the oil because of it made it harder for them to feed and move in their…

10th largest oil reserve in the world”. “The US consumes more oil than any oil country 1.85 billion barrels per day”. Oil spills affect the environment and economy. The Gulf of Mexico has over a thousand oil rigs. The Deepwater Horizon is one of the biggest oil rigs on the Gulf of Mexico. In 2010 there was one of the largest oil spills in History. As many oil rigs as there are on the Gulf of Mexico there are frequent spills. Deepwater Horizon was considered the largest marine oil spill in…