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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...
...Justice Department has indicted Exxon on criminal charges, with the implication that the company willfully caused the Alaska spill. Is that unfair...
...reduced people at the lowest level, and our supervision of them hasn't changed. But somewhere between the top of the house and the bottom there are employees who need more training, as well as managers who have to do a better job of evaluating people. Since the Alaska spill, we have had every affiliate worldwide go back and review their practices, but as they say in the tire business, you've got to look at where the rubber hits the road. What's motivating these people on the docks and ships? Are they upset? Is there too much pressure...
...close down your East Coast refinery? After all, the recent spill of 5,000 gallons was cleaned up very quickly...
...interviews with parents, teachers and day-care providers, Carlsson-Paige and Levin found that the strong-arm tactics of the Transformers, He-Man, G.I. Joe and other cartoon characters spill over into real life. Kids imitate the aggressive behavior without always realizing that they may hurt their playmates. In the cartoons and video games used as models, there is a lot of punching and shooting but very little emphasis on the pain such actions can cause. Thus children lose touch with the consequences of violence. And when they do hurt someone else in their imitative battles, they may not accept...