Tag Archive for ‘Exxon Valdez’
Measuring Environmental Impact of Gulf Oil Leak
Oil from 1989’s Exxon Valdez mishap slicked 11,000 square miles of ocean surface and 1,300 miles of pristine Alaskan coastline while killing hundreds of thousands of birds and marine mammals and untold numbers of fish and fish eggs. But the impacts of the ongoing Deepwater Horizon leak in the Gulf may be far worse given that much of the loose oil is actually in the water column, not on the surface.
Commitment to Gulf Cleanup Will Be True Measure of BP
Environmental activist Mark Tulay thinks there are lessons to be learned from comparing the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico – now the largest in American history – to the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989. Instead of hedging and dodging, he says, BP would be well served to take the high road on settlement issues.
Sustainability: 20 Expectations for Companies by 2020
A major new paper from Ceres, the investor and environmental group, “is a guide to companies on their journey to comprehensive sustainability – from the boardroom to the copy room – and throughout the supply chain,” says the organization’s president.
BOOKS: Environmental Disasters as Case Studies in “This Borrowed Earth”
Robert Emmet Hernan provides a frightening catalog of detail in his new book, “This Borrowed Earth: Lessons from the 15 Worst Environmental Disasters around the World.” Hernan’s message is simple: “If we forget how and why these disasters happened and what horrible consequences emerged from them, we will not avert future disasters.”
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