Post Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Post Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Ocean Currents Radio Program · Riki Ott
March 3, 201054m 0s
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Show Notes
Guest: Riki Ott, Marine Biologist/Author of Not One Drop: Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill.
In 1989 the landscape and coastal communities of Alaska/Prince William Sound and beyond changed forever following the Exxon Valdex Oil Spill. What happened? How did this effect the communities along the coast? Why did the litigation process take 20 years and the compensation only pay 10 cents on the dollar for the losses?
Topics
Oil SpillEnvironmentAlaskaOcean