Word: exxon
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...aftermath of the Exxon Valdez oil spill last March, Captain Joseph Hazelwood was widely viewed as America's Environmental Enemy No. 1. As the dimensions of the catastrophe in Prince William Sound came into focus, people had little trouble deciding where their sympathies lay: with the seabirds and otters suffering and dying in the oil-laden waters, not with the hard-drinking skipper who was in his cabin doing paperwork when his tanker plowed into Bligh Reef...
...that oil is still tainting much of the coastline in the sound and the Gulf of Alaska. After a helicopter tour last week, Alaska Governor Steve Cowper announced that the state would take a more aggressive role in the ongoing cleanup effort. That is not welcome news for Exxon. The company has spent $2 billion so far on the cleanup, has been indicted by the Federal Government for allowing an incompetent crew to operate the tanker and has replaced Hazelwood in many hearts and minds as the real culprit in the tragedy...
...defendant with his former employer in more than 100 civil damage suits that will keep lawyers overpaid for years. After the jury rendered its verdict, Hazelwood talked wistfully about going back to sea. "That's what I do," he said. His attorney suggested he might even try to persuade Exxon to reinstate his client as skipper of an oil tanker. As unlikely as that now seems, no one can dismiss the surprising reversal of perception that last week's verdict seemed to confirm. Said Mei Mei Evans, coordinator of an Alaska-based coalition of environmentalists called the Oil Reform Alliance...
...been with Exxon for 38 years, and the thing that has bothered me most is not the castigation, the difficulties or the long hours; it's been the embarrassment. I hate to be embarrassed, and I am. Our safety practices have been excellent, and we have drilled them and drilled them into our employees over the decades. There is a lot of pride inside Exxon all over the world, and that pride is being challenged. We'll win it back, but we're not going to do it by debating on TV with some guy who says, "You know...
...Exxon bashing is popular these days, but Lawrence Rawl is mad as hell and doesn't think his company should have to take abuse anymore...