You are absolutely right! I'm sure Gen Zs don't know what Exxon Valdez is about and to help them here are some links!
On March 24, 1989 the oil tanker
Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska, spilling 11 million gallons of oil. The ecologically sensitive location, season of the year, and large scale of this spill resulted in one of the largest environmental disasters in U.S. history.
Exxon settled in 1991 with funds disbursed in three discrete parts: criminal plea agreement ($25 million), criminal restitution ($100 million), and civil settlement ($900 million).
What Were the Impacts?
The spill affected more than 1,300 miles of shoreline, with immense impacts for fish and wildlife and their habitats, as well as for local industries and communities.
The oil killed:
- An estimated 250,000 seabirds
- 2,800 sea otters
- 300 harbor seals
- 250 bald eagles
- As many as 22 killer whales
- Billions of salmon and herring eggs
More than 25 years since the spill, the following species remain in a “Not Recovering” or “Unknown” status:
darrp.noaa.gov
That was another reason Biden's killing Keystone was so ridiculous because that oil pipeline cancellation is NOW causing Canada to
ship oil via tankers!
Fate of oil sands export could rest with Trans Mountain Expansion
With Keystone XL now off the table at least for a few years, hopes to profit on oil sands production turn to the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline project, which aims to build a second pipe roughly parallel to an existing one, running 700 miles from Alberta to Vancouver, British Columbia. It would add 590,000 barrels per day to its existing capacity of 300,000 barrels per day.
From Vancouver, the oil could be shipped on tankers to Asia or elsewhere.
With the Biden administration cancellation of the Keystone XL Pipeline, a troubled industry seeks ways to transport its product.
yaleclimateconnections.org