October 21, 2009
8 worst man-made environmental disasters of all time
From TreeHugger:
5. Exxon Valdez March 24, 1989. The tanker Exxon Valdez, captained by the now infamous Joseph Hazelwood, ran aground on Prince William Sound’s Bligh Reef, spilling more than 10.8 million US gallons (40.9 million liters) of crude oil into the sensitive natural coastline. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimates that 26,000 gallons of Valdez oil remains adhered to the rocks and soils of the spill site. The Exxon Valdez still plies the waters of Asia as an ore ship under the name Dong Fang Ocean. …