Exxon valdez

After the oil spill from the Exxon Valdez, the US realized that the National Pollution Funds Center was not adequately funded, and the laws were not current on how to respond to this type of a crisis. In particularly, they were insufficient in funding, and the ability to handle the capacity of the damages to compensate under federal law. The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) was amended to cover many different aspects of many parts of the amendment. Although the amendments covered multiple areas,

Pollution Prevention- Why is it Important? Oil spills are difficult to clean up in the Gulf of Mexico. Spills like BP’s 4.9 million barrels spill are even harder to clean up. One of the reasons for this difficult task is that oil spills are never alike. It is estimated that approximately 706 million gallons of oil enter the ocean every year. Offshore drilling and production operations and spills from ships or tankers typically contribute less than 8 percent of the total that enter the ocean each

incorrectly discarding trash so it ends up in our oceans, overpopulating areas which can lead to land damage, and of course pollution. However, the human-induced environmental impact I really want to focus on here are oil spills. In 1989, a spill by Exxon Valdez caused 750,000 barrels of oil to be released into the water in Prince William Sounds, Alaska. This spill has been known to be one of the worst human-induced environmental disasters. As a result of the spill, up to 250,000 seabirds, 247 bald eagles

Our modern society relies on cars as its main form of transportation, but the Earth’s supplies of petrol are becoming increasingly limited. There are concerns about the greenhouse gases and other gaseous contaminants emitted by cars. This has created a search for environmentally friendly alternatives. Petroleum is a fossil fuel that was formed by ancient marine organisms and decomposing trees. It is a complex mixture of organic liquids called crude oils and natural gases; petrol occurs naturally

The French also traded at Haida Gwaii. In 1791, Etienne Marchland saw the pole at Dadens and describes the carving having an open mouth about a foot off the ground, the height of the opening at three feet in diameter, and the width about two feet. The pole was carved from a large tree trunk, towering above. Along the length of the pole were finely carved frogs, lizards and other animals, and human body parts. Marchand goes on, “A stranger might imagine that he saw the ex vote suspended to the door-case

One of the many problems that plague the earth lies hand in hand with the living situations that people are used to. This standard of living causes many to be ignorant to the environmental conditions that surrounds these actions which correlate to the health of our planet. Over time, this issue has been recognized and one extremely important resource that the world has to offer is the vast ocean, and this source of life must be protected for the better of the planet. The struggles of dealing with

The Recent Negative Effect of Technology on Society      Ever since the Industrial revolution, technology has been changing at a fast pace. People are always wanting a better lifestyle therefore there is always something new arising so humans can cope with their physical environment. One of the most important breakthroughs for technology was the agricultural system. The agricultural system was the basis for the technology of the future. The agricultural system brought

It is widely accepted that climate change could carry out severe problems through the environmental life of the planet. Feature of climate change is the disastrous results that it caused by the people. Oil is might be the most catastrophic material of the underwater life. Oil spills are emissions of petroleum on the surface of an extensive body of water. The aim of this essay is to discuss the main law that linked to this problem and also some legal aspects of three famous cases and their results

There has to be a way or process by which officials communicate with the people about present, emerging and evolving risks that could impact their lives. This process is described by the term “Risk Communication”. Risk Communication is a process that flows both ways between the communicator and the recipients of the included message. Dr. Vincent T. Covello (1992) who is the founder and Director of the Center for Risk Communication defined Risk Communication as “The process of exchanging information

Energy has always been the driving force that help mankind developed. From the First Industrial Revolution, steam engine powered by coal was developed. Then the Second Industrial Revolution come with the development of combustor engine and petroleum. Today, oil has become an essential source of energy for production and our everyday life. The demand keep on increasing which lead to the growth in scale and quantity of oil production all over the world. It has led many companies to overlook the benefit