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On This Day: March 24

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Wen the giant tankship Exxon Valdez ran a ground on a reef off the coast off Alaska on March 24, 1989 the result oil spill –one of the worst in american history were devastating on more ways then one.  Eleven millions gallons crude oil pollutes over 700 miles of coastline, and hundreds of thousand of animals dead, thousands of volunteer flocked to joining the cleanup affort , but pour management and difficult terrains meaned that only tenth percent of the mess ended up to getting cleaned completely.  One private company tried dropping chemical dispersant from helicopters.  But this may have an equal deadly an effect on local wild life.  Hold the Exxon Corporation responsible for they’re disaster were just as challenging?  Captain Joseph hazelwood accused of drinked at the time of accident, leaving a uncertified crewman to steering the ship unsupervised.  Unfortunate, he received not punish for these negligence do to an Alaskan law that granted immunity to any individual whom reported an oils spill.The company it self was originally threatened to a criminial penalty of 100$ million, but ended up paying just one four of that amount.

adapted from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history (2022)