Word: spilling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Hickel. Although often accused by environmentalists of being soft on industry, Hickel was outraged last March 10 when he learned about a massive oil leak at a Chevron offshore platform. It was not only the 4,000 barrels a day gushing into the Gulf that bothered him. The spill also threatened his philosophy that industry could live in harmony with the environment...
...Spill. Many Alaskans are desperate to start right away. Scores of local businessmen who have invested in the project fear bankruptcy if work does not begin soon. Hundreds of construction workers and an estimated $40 million worth of heavy equipment stand idle in the thin spring sunshine: 150 miles of 48-in. steel pipe are rusting in stockpiles near Valdez. Last week Alaska Governor Keith Miller led a delegation of 150 men to Washington, where they lobbied hard for two days. By the time they flew home, they had encountered failure and success-both at the hands of Walter...
...into a disaster. Medlock's dream of being tested for survival becomes a nightmare of trial by terrors that Dickey finds in the wilderness and within himself. During the run down the river, all four men nearly drown in the rapids. Lewis Medlock breaks a leg in a spill from a canoe. The mutual-fund salesman is raped in an act of sodomy by two mountain people who beset the city slickers. Gentry tumbles from a cliff with the body of a mountain man whom he shot with a bow and arrow while defending himself. The final score...
...offshore wells owned by Chevron Oil Co. blazed for a month, has caused even greater repercussions than last year's Santa Barbara debacle. Beyond oil, Louisiana's largest industries are shrimp and oysters, and the rich Gulf of Mexico beds may have been irreparably damaged by the spill. Scientific tests conducted at Woods Hole, Mass., last week produced the first solid evidence that oil pollution can disrupt the life cycles of marine creatures...
...Interior Secretary Walter J. Hickel was appalled. After inspecting 50 sq. mi. of oil slicks off Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico, he called the spill a "disaster" and 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...