Samuel K. Skinner and William K. Reilly: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: A Report to the President
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Samuel K. Skinner and William K. Reilly:The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: A Report tothe President
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Abstract
Shortly after midnight on March 24, 1989, the 987-foot tank vessel Exxon Valdez struck Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska. What followed was the largest oil spill in U.S. history. The oil slick has spread over 3,000 square miles and onto over 350 miles of beaches in Prince William Sound, one of the most pristine and magnificent natural areas in the country. Experts still are assessing the environmental and economic implications of the incident. The job of cleaning up the spill is under way, and although the initial response proceeded slowly, major steps have been taken.
Contents
- The U.S. Oil Industry: Historical Overview
- Oil Discovered in Pennsylvania in 1859
- Anthony F. Lucas: “The Great Oil Well near Beaumont Texas”
- Betty M. Miller: “Oil and Gas Production and Reserve Histories of the Appalachian Basin, 1859–1972”
- Sherman Anti-Trust Act
- Ida M. Tarbell: The History of the Standard Oil Company
- Theodore Roosevelt: Special Message on the Oil Industry
- Standard Oil Company v. United States
- Charles Evans Hughes: Letter on Oil Negotiations with Turkey
- Standard Oil: The Reply to Mexico
- : Upton Sinclair: Oil! A Novel
- book-part : 11
- Roaldus Richmond: “Fill It Up, Sir?”
- Franklin D. Roosevelt: Executive Order 9276, Establishing the Petroleum Administration for War and Defining Its Functions and Duties
- Harold Ickes: Fightin’ Oil
- John C. Reed: Exploration of Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4 and Adjacent Areas in Northern Alaska, 1944–53
- E. J. McNulty: “How Much Oil?”
- Federal-Aid Highway Act
- Clean Air Act Vehicle Emissions Standards
- Richard M. Nixon: Address to the Nation about National Energy Policy
- Arthur F. Burns: Statement before the Joint Economic Committee
- Jimmy Carter: Address to the Nation on Energy
- Establishment of the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund
- Samuel K. Skinner and William K. Reilly: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: A Report to the President
- Jane Lyder: Our Natural Resources at Risk: The Short and Long Term Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
- Deep Water: The Gulf Oil Disaster and the Future of Offshore Drilling
- Joseph Mikrut: Increasing Domestic Oil Production
- Gavin Newsom: Executive Order N-79-20, Fracking Ban
- Obama Administration Finalizes Historic 54.5 MPG Fuel Efficiency Standards
- : U.S. House Resolution 332: Proposed Green New Deal
- : Donald Trump: Executive Order 14154, Unleashing American Energy