Out of the channel : the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound

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Out of the channel : the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound / John Keeble.

Keeble, John, 1944- (Author).

Summary:

The 1990 edition is updated with cause, long-term effects, the 1993 blockade by fisherman, and the billion dollar settlement with Alaska. The new "Tenth Anniversary" edition of Out Of The Channel adds to its evocative, original text a new and full assessment of the permutations and twists of big money, big litigation, and "petroleum speak" from the vantage point of several years' remove, as well as an account of the 1991, $1 billion civil settlement between Exxon, the U.S. Justice Department, and the State of Alaska -- the largest such environmental settlement ever. In this now definitive book on the oil spill, all the primary concerns of the first edition are updated with new material, including the cause of the ship's grounding on Bligh Reef, the long lasting effects of the spill, the projected death toll among animals, the little-known 1993 fishermen's tanker blockade, late-developing evidence about the quantity of oil spilled, the benefits and abuses of professional science, as well as the heartening results of citizen pressure to improve oil shipping procedures in Prince William Sound and to protect fragile habitat.

Record details

ISBN: 091005553X (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780910055536 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0910055548 (hbk.)
ISBN: 9780910055543 (hbk.)
Physical Description: xvii, 363 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Edition: [2nd ed.].
Publisher: [Cheney, Wash.] : Eastern Washington University Press, c1999.

Content descriptions

General Note:: "Tenth anniversary edition"--Bk. jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (p. 342-351) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Intruders -- Screens on the stage -- Channel -- imaginary journey of Captain Joseph Hazelwood -- City life -- Cordova -- Showtime -- Tears of science -- Rapture of machines -- rapture of science -- Guests -- Value of the dead -- Seldovia -- Truth about oil -- Craps -- Masks -- No road -- Ghosts -- Bubble net.