Word: gushings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...started a federal crackdown on the cause-a cluster of twelve offshore oil wells belonging to Chevron Oil Co. A month ago they caught fire. The blaze was snuffed out last week. But as high seas prevented capping the wells, thousands of barrels of brown crude oil started to gush into the water, posing a threat to the Louisiana coast's wildlife refuges and rich oyster beds. Fortunately the slicks blew out to sea, but Hickel said that the Interior Department will hold Chevron liable for any necessary cleanup. In addition, the Government may sue the company...
...fellowship from the French government to study in the United States. Admitting that "I was pretty much a radical at that time," he became fascinated with American trade unions and toured the country interviewing hundreds of workers. Extremely critical of what he saw, he let his criticism soon gush its way into print...
...million tires, 20 million tons of paper, 28 billion bottles and 48 billion cans. Just to collect the garbage costs $2.8 billion a year. The U.S. also produces almost 50% of the world's industrial pollution. Every year, U.S. plants discard 165 million tons of solid waste and gush 172 million tons of smoke and fumes into the air. Moreover, chemicals have replaced manure as fertilizers, while vast cattle feedlots have moved closer to cities. Result: animal wastes now pollute drinking water and pose a sanitation problem equivalent to that of almost a billion people...