NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS ORCA 114 Integrating Physical and Biological Studies of Recovery from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Case Studies of Four Sites in Prince William Sound, 1989-1994 September 1997 Seattle, Washington noaa NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION National Ocean Service Office of Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment National Ocean Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration U.S. Department of Commerce The Office of Ocean Resources
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For good reason, the industry has focused its catastrophe management activities on natural hazards. Since 1970, 38 of the top 40 most costly CAT losses have resulted from natural hazards. Since 1989, global insurers and reinsurers have suffered multi-billion dollar losses from no fewer than 20 earthquakes, windstorms, tornadoes, hailstorms, winter-storms, fires, and floods. Moreover, there is a credible body of data and science that suggest that future events of greater magnitude than those that
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replace oil and coal. These sources include solar power, windmills, natural gas, and nuclear energy. These alternatives alone will not help save our planet. However, the potential behind these alternatives is exciting and hopeful. If there is a chance to save our planted from more damage, then the government needs to act now. The United States offshore drilling debate is still ongoing, and the argument is that the United States benefits because it becomes less dependent on imported oil. There
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Union Carbide filed a lengthy court document in India detailing the findings of its scientific and legal investigations into the cause of the gas release | March 24, 1989 | Exxon Valdez | American oil tanker Exxon Valdez hit Bligh Reef in remote Alaska. The impact released 11 million gallons of oil and polluted the coastline for 500 miles in Alaskan seawaters. The incident happened after ship captain Joseph
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C) Identify the political processes that are influencing the setting of accounting standards in the Germany. Germany adopts the continental European accounting model, where the focus is on legal and statutory control. It is known more for its creditor protection policy and prudency. It seems Germany is unwilling to converge toward IASB standards given its domination by countries with an Anglo- American accounting background (Street, 2002;Kirsch, 2006, 375) that emphasizes on a ’true and fair view’
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For many years the mines on Putney Mountain were successful employing several hundred men to bring out tons of coal. One summer night a supervisor made a wrong decision to use a car without brakes to haul extra coal to boost his production. Instead, a tragic accident was caused when the car ran off the tracks causing a cave in and a gas explosion killing several dozen men. Unable to get workers, the company removed their equipment, and abandoned the mines. Within weeks many families moved to Charleston
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Exxon Valdez Case Study Executive summary The ethical issues faced by management of corporations, and Exxon in particular, originate from the objective of cost cutting with the purpose of profit maximization. As was seen in Exxon’s case, where the disaster could have been prevented if the proper mechanisms and equipment were put in place. Conflict of interest is also a major ethical problem faced by management as well as employees in corporations, as human beings
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spilling of crude oil into the frigid waters of Prince William Sound, just outside the harbor of Valdez, Alaska. What was about to happen was the worst environmental disaster in the history of the United States. These were the documented facts that media had portrayed across the United States and to the world: Exxon Valdez, a 978-foot tanker piloted by a captain whom later revealed to be drank, ran aground on a reef 25 miles southwest of the port of Valdez. The results caused a spill of 250,000 barrels
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Mediterranean, Mediterranean, and Dong Fang Ocean is an oil tanker that gained notoriety after running aground in Prince William Soundspilling hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude oil in Alaska. On March 24, 1989, while owned by the former Exxon Shipping Company, and captained by Joseph Hazelwood bound for Long Beach, California, the vessel ran aground on the Bligh Reef resulting in the second largest oil spill in United States history. The size of the spill is estimated at 40,900 to 120,000 m3 (10,800
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Introduction March 24, 1989 a mase oil spill occurred in Alaska, Prince William Sound, an oil tanker Exxon Valdez had ran into a reef. The spill was approximately 11 million gallons into the sea, affecting the wildlife, the environment, and the region’s economy. It was a fact that Alaska could not hold a spill over 8.4 million gallons and could result in long-term consequeses. Exxon, along with other oil industries knew that navigating a large supertanker through the waters of Prince William
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