The Exxon Valdez Incident
On March 19, 1989, the Exxon Valdez crashed in the Bligh Reef in Alaska. It was the biggest oil spill incident to have ever happened. The amount of oil spilled into the sea was an incredible amount. Over a million gallons of oil had spilled out into the sea. The impact it had on the oil industry was tremendous and is still talked about today. With all the oil that spilled into the water, one of the main concerns was of the effect that it would and did have on the environment, another was why it had happened, and a third was what kind of impact it would do to the…
