THE EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL
  • Home
  • Thesis
  • Context
    • Supertankers
    • Alaskan Oil Drilling
  • Contributing Factors
    • Causes
  • Collision
    • Running Aground
    • Cleanup
  • Tragedy
    • Damaged Ecosystem
    • Native Americans
    • Economic Effects
  • Triumph
    • Environmentalism
    • A Regulatory Call to Action
    • Oil Pollution Act
  • Conclusion
  • Research

Environmentalism

"A huge spill like this focuses media coverage and political attention, not only on the environment itself, but also on the larger problems for which it is a metaphor: we are spilling chemicals in massive quantities into our ground water, surface water, atmosphere and stratosphere." - Senator Albert Gore Jr., April 1989, "Big Oil Spill Leaves Its Mark on Politics of Environment," ​New York Times. 
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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 20th Anniversary Cartoon, 1991, Seppo. 
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Exxon Products Protest, 1989, Associated Press.
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People Carrying Protest Signs, 1989, Associated Press.
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Listening to Exxon Officials Speak in Cordova, Alaska, 1989, Quartz.
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Concern for Environment, 1989, New York Times. 
"These images [of dying animals] persist in the minds of the public. The scientists who went there early on in the spill all thought it would be a disaster - and that impression lasts." - John Wiens, May 1993, "The Two Faces of the Exxon Disaster," NewScientist. 
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Seafood Processors Protest Shortage of Work, 1989, The Guardian.
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Exxon Valdez Monument Is a Dip Stick, 1989, University of Tennessee Knoxville.
Public reaction to the oil spill was passionate and sustained, taking the form of  public protests and boycotts. For months, the media was filled with images from the spill, impacting people across the country. 
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Oil Spill Coverage - Evening News, n.d., The New Republic.
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Joseph Hazelwood, 1989, Time.
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Greenpeace Exxon Valdez Poster, 1989, Reddit.
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Six Groups Urge Boycott of Exxon, 1989, New York Times. 
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Exxon Mars the Spot, 1989, University of Tennessee Knoxville.
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I'll Need Some Help With This, 1989, University of Tennessee Knoxville.

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  • Home
  • Thesis
  • Context
    • Supertankers
    • Alaskan Oil Drilling
  • Contributing Factors
    • Causes
  • Collision
    • Running Aground
    • Cleanup
  • Tragedy
    • Damaged Ecosystem
    • Native Americans
    • Economic Effects
  • Triumph
    • Environmentalism
    • A Regulatory Call to Action
    • Oil Pollution Act
  • Conclusion
  • Research