Exxon Valdez oil spill

The Hagen Oil Company has been in William Hagen’s family for over 60 years. It is located in Oslo, Norway. This is where the majority of Norway’s oil is produced. The company has been passed down from generation to generation. William had recently gotten the company from his dad who had passed away earlier in the year. William would be passing it down to his son, Oskar, in the next couple of years. William was working in his office one day when a breaking news report came on the television. The…

Texas City, Texas also known as toxic city is a booming industrial area surrounded by the most significant ports in the Galveston Bay for the shipping community, and is surrounded by oil refineries and chemical plants (Ferling, 1996, p.48). Additionally, it is a city all too familiar with industrial accidents. However, nothing will ever compare to the most devastating industrial accident the state of Texas and America has ever seen; the 1947 Texas City Explosion. An article entitled “Texas City…

Clifford Roberts Buck: “Betcha she’s ugly enough to awaken one’s divine potential.” As they were driving a massive landslide went into the Pacific Ocean that relies heavily on an iconic coastal highway and tourism to survive. The slide buried a portion of Highway 1 under a 40-foot layer of rock and dirt and changed the coastline below to include what now looks like a rounded skirt hem. More than 1 million tons of rock and dirt tumbled down a saturated slope in the area. The slide covered up…

that handle toxins and chemicals detrimental to our environment are made to limit the chance of error. In almost all cases, every step is made to prevent events such as oil, chemical, and waste spills. When those regulations are not fully followed many businesses are fined millions upon millions of dollars. Consider the BP oil spill from 2010, which cost BP a whopping $18.7 billion. Seven years after that tragedy, the Gulf region is making vast improvements, and wildlife has rebounded. In no way…

In his book, "Crude Oil: The Violent Twilight of Oil", Peter Maass discusses about the world's unremitting pursuit and dependence on oil. He contends that oil dependency has led to conflicts and war between and within countries. Specifically, the oil-producing countries, mostly the developing nations, do not gain from the oil revenue since their governments are marred with corruption and poor governance so that the leaders monopolize the income. Consequently, these countries have remained in…

incident, many efforts have been made and are continuing to be made to salvage what is left of the disaster. These salvage efforts range from the search and rescue of passengers and crew to even the extracting of over a half million gallons of oil from the ship since it listed 137 meters off the coast of Giglio Island, Italy on January 13, 2012. From the 3,229 passengers and 1023 crew members, 32 people have been presumed dead and the most of the bodies have been found. The most…

Oil has been a vital part of everyday life for decades. It is our main source of fuel in automobiles and other machinery. Oil has its benefits, but people seem to ignore the process of acquiring oil. Oil drilling is a dangerous and risky process. It runs the risk of contaminating the surrounding water and harming the organisms that live in it. The process also emits large amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, better known as the BP oil spill, was a prime…

having the flag of Saint Vincent and Grenadines. Chronological facts of the case are as follows: 20.08.2004 – 29.10.2004: The vessel M/V “Louisa” was conducting surveys of the sea floor in the internal waters and territorial sea of the Spain to locate oil and gas deposits on the basis of a permit issued by the Spanish Ministry of Environment. 29.10.2004: The vessel was voluntarily docked at Port El Puerto de Santa Maria. 01/02/2006: The Spanish authorities boarded, searched and detained the…

Sweater At A Time”, an oil spill once broke out near the island of Australia, and covered many birds native to that area ( Lewis 19). In “Saving Penguins, One Sweater At A Time”, the penguins started to get harmed by the chemicals surrounding their land, and many different ideas were used to help the birds survive. One unique idea included using sweaters to keep the birds from harmful substances. In the end, the sweaters were put into good use, and enabled the birds from the spill to grow…

In summer of 2013 the documentary Blackfish premiered in select theaters and on CNN. This film highlights the reality of SeaWorld -- behind closed doors. It focuses on Tilikum, a 12,500 pound bull Orca (Cowperthwaite). Tilikum’s tragic story became the inspiration for the documentary. This highly controversial film has been the root cause of numerous protests and many recent changes within SeaWorld. Just one year after Blackfish SeaWorld went down 48% in the stock market and lost 7% of their…