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...said we would do all we could after the Alaska spill: we took responsibility, we spent over $2 billion, and we gave Alaska fishermen $200 million on no more than their showing us a fishing license and last year's tax return. And we're "arrogant." That bothers the hell out of me. Maybe "big" is just arrogant. Or maybe I just get emotional and that's arrogant. Or maybe I say things people don't like to hear. Is that arrogance? You tell...
...Alaska was just the beginning. Next there was a refinery explosion in Louisiana. Then a 567,000 gallon spill off New York City, and most recently another spill in the same area. Isn't there a pattern here...
...think, in the end, the Alaska spill was caused by compounded human failure. In Louisiana that was legitimately an act of God. We still don't know why that pipeline broke, and it doesn't look like corrosion. But the refinery was halfway back up in 15 days, and is now fully operational. Incidentally, there were a lot of heroes in that accident. It was a good safety response. As for Arthur Kill ((the big New York spill)), that was an act of God ripping that pipeline, but the way it was handled afterward was human error...
...refuse to play the game of corporate statesman. Thus your p.r. problem began instantly when you failed to rush to the scene of the Alaska spill. Was that a big mistake...
...pulling away from a terminal near New York harbor last week when two huge explosions tore gaping holes in the hull. Nearly 200,000 gal. of fuel poured into the Arthur Kill, a narrow waterway between Staten Island and New Jersey. For the fourth time this year, a major spill threatened birds, turtles and other wildlife that dwell in the fragile wetlands...