Sound awoke to the catastrophe brought by the tanker Exxon Valdez spilling more than 10 million gallons of crude oil. This incident caught the attention of the public and received many and different criticisms. Eight of eleven cargo tanks were ruptured during the incident. ARLIS or Alaska Resources Library and Information Services with the help of Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council released a collection of materials on Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. It included the following information: * The
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On March 24 1989 the tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef, Alaska, spilling just over 11 million gallons of crude oil, the largest oil spill until 2010. It is argued that the response was slow and inadequate and that safety was not properly followed by the staff at Exxon. In this essay we will look at the responsibility of this accident, and how implementing the main components of an ethical corporate culture, and a code of ethics could have helped to prevent such a tragedy from occurring
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Corporate Social Responsibility, Course 2016 FE1 EDHEC Nice Tutorial 3 BP, Deepwater and Sustainability Reporting The Deepwater Horizon oil rig fire and explosion on April 20, 2010, killed 11 men and caused one of the largest marine oil spills in history. The leak from the undersea well flowed for 87 days and polluted an estimated 68,000 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico waters and nearly 500 miles of coastline from Louisiana to Florida. At the moment of the accident BP was the leaseholder
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. The incident also affect 1100 miles of coastline in Alaska. And within six hours of the spill, 10.6 billions of gallons of crude oil have been spilled into the ocean. The specific damage of these pollutants to animals in the ocean is mentioned in the article “Who is responsible for marine debris? The international politics of cleaning our oceans”. Plastic debris and trash caused malnutritions in sea animals, since the consumption of waste in the ocean make them feels like they are full and no longer
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It all began when Mount Saint Helen's erupted in May 18,1980 . The volcano has had Four big eruptions over the last 500 years .Mount Saint Helen's was named by a commander named George Vancouver and officers in 1792. In 1835 scientist recognized Mount Saint Helen's as a volcanoe.In 1857 through the 1980 Mount Saint Helen's was inactive .In May 18,1980 ,8:35am Mount Saint Helen's erupted.Causing deaths of 57 people .All the damages caused by Mount Saint Helen's was worth 1.1 billion dollars.The
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The Dakota Access Pipeline is a controversial pipeline that will carry hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude oil daily (“Camp of the Sacred Stones”). The pipeline will go across many states in the united states of america. The Dakota Access Pipeline is good because it is efficient and stays out of people’s way. The Dakota Access Pipeline is bad because it poses threats. The pipeline could threaten the health of humans or organisms in the area of it (“Camp of the Sacred Stones”) The Dakota
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Spilling water is just as easy as getting a towel, soaking it up or letting it dry by evaporation but why isn’t it that easy when cleaning oil spills? Why does oil take almost days or even months to finally go away? Oils from organic to mineral all contain hydrocarbons, a compound of hydrogen and carbon that are the chief components of any petroleum and natural gases. Hydrocarbons spread which makes oil spread on any surface, thinner oils spreading faster because of their less viscosity. The specific
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Introduction In response to question one of unit two, I will discuss the key facts and issues of the BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. Discussion In 2010, the most catastrophic event in the history of marine oil drilling occurred when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico (Crandall et. al., 2014). The explosion resulted in the death of eleven employees and seriously injured seventeen additional employees on board the rig. In addition to the casualties, the amount of oil spilled
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In the event of an oil spill occurring in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge, the effects on the environment will directly affect plants and animals, on species being the Alaskan Pink Salmon. Salmon is one of the “most abundant species and foundation of the commercial fisheries in Alaska” (Brannon 20). The effect that an oil spill can have on this species can not only cause damages to this industry but the salmon itself. The pink salmon have a rather short 2-year life cycle thus concluding that
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Environmental Implications: When oil is leaked, it adversely alters aquatic environments by physically harming mammals and damaging their habitat. Oil is a compound derived from hydrogen and carbon, however, the process in which the compound is formed, enables it to be toxic to plants and wildlife (Cartage, 2012). The accidental spillage of oil is damaging to subsurface and surface organisms through the physical damage that is done to their habitat. The severity of an oil spill is contingent on
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