Exxon Valdez
The purpose of this paper is to examine the Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster. Specifically, this paper will first consider the facts of the oil spill. What happened? What caused the oil spill? Who was responsible? Could it have been prevented? What were the effects of the oil spill on the environment? Second, this paper will examine changes implemented to prevent a future oil spill. Particular attention will be paid to laws enacted since the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Third, these changes will be evaluated. In other words, are these changes sufficient to prevent another disaster? This paper will conclude that the oil industry is not safe, and that there could be an accident at any time. In many ways this story begins in 1968 with the discovery of oil on Alaska’s North Shore. Alaska’s North Slope is one of the coldest and most inaccessible places in the world. Many people wondered how they could drill the oil from the North Slope. Also, once the oil was drilled how, would they transport the oil to the rest of the United States? In 1973, the construction of the trans-Alaska pipeline was approved. It is an 800-mile pipeline from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez in Prince William Sound. Environm
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Approximate Word count = 4545
Approximate Pages = 18 (250 words per page double spaced)
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