The Exxon Valdez
"Exxon
Sets Record Straight"
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1. . Comprehensive site from the organization responsible for restoring
the injured ecosystem. Contains a useful section, “Oil Spill Facts.”
2. ,” from the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration Home Page. List of available images, with captions,
of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill.
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from the US Environmental Protection Agency Home Page. The site is useful
for a description of what happened during and after the oil spill –
presents the ‘facts.’
4. “.” Useful “Perspectives
on EVOS” section comparing the Valdez with other oil spills.
5 . “,” from the Living On Earth Home Page.
Excellent site containing a retrospective report of what happened the night
of the spill, including details from the investigators.
6 . . Contains ten years
of stories, photos and reference material.
7 . “.” Collection of stories on the spill that ran in
the Anchorage Daily News.
8. “.” Story argues
Exxon’s response was a failure and suggests why.
9. l. Site of the (human) survivors of the spill. Contains sections
on the environmental, psychological and economical impacts of the spill.
11. .” Analysis of the spill from the Trade Environment Database.
Has links to cases similar to the Exxon Valdez.
12. “,” from the Department of Philosophy, University
of Alaska Anchorage. Contains a story describing the court’s decision
that $5 billion was excessive for retribution in the aftermath of the spill.
Also contains links to the court’s decision.