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"ExxonMobil's tactics are well-known, and this is a classic case of deny, dupe, and delay. Just as it denies the science on climate change, it denies that oil from the spill is causing damage in the Prince William Sound. And on both issues it is running campaigns to dupe the public into thinking it is an environmentally and socially responsible corporation." 1 - Anita Goldsmith, Greenpeace International Campaigner. "Exxon would meet its obligations to all those who have suffered damage from the spill." 2 - - Lawrence Rawls, Chairman, Exxon. IntroductionOn March 24, 1989, one of the worst ever environmental disasters occurred in the US. Exxon3 owned oil tanker - Exxon Valdez (EV) spilled 11 mn gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound (PWS).4 The oil spilled over 1500 miles of the Alaska coastline and affected many islands in PWS (Refer Exhibit I for the map of the disaster site). It was the beginning of a terrible nightmare for the wildlife and the people of Alaska.
People didn't pay attention to what it meant to transport that much oil in pristine water. Nobody dreamed that this could ever happen."6 The entire damage was assessed at $9 bn. The disaster prompted the US Congress to pass the Oil Pollution Act in 1990 (Refer Exhibit II for details on the Oil Pollution Act). The Act addressed a wide variety of issues associated with preventing, responding to, and paying for oil pollution. Soon after the disaster, Exxon paid $300 mn voluntarily to more than 11,000 Alaskans and businesses affected by the Valdez spill.
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1] Press Center, 'Exxon Valdez disaster - an ongoing history of lies,' www.greenpeace.org, March 24, 2004. |
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