(Awake, August 11), September 16, 1994, Exxon was fined five billion U.S. dollars due to pollution of the marine. In In 1994, September 16, 2010, the largest U.S. oil company Exxon caused the most serious marine pollution incident in British history, a federal court in Alaska sentenced to a fine of $ 5,000,000,000.



1989 3 24, the Exxon Valdez tanker ran aground in Alaska, Prince William Bay leak nearly 41.65 million liters of crude oil to the nearby waters. In 16 days After 12 days of discussion, the judgment by a federal grand jury in the city of Anchorage. Exxon said it would appeal, but the proceedings surrounding this incident has been drawing to a close. oil spill of the Exxon Valdez tanker
been recognized as one of the major international events in 1989. Suffered serious pollution of the Alaska coast hundreds of kilometers of coastline, killing thousands of seabirds and aquatic animals, about 10,000 fishermen and local residents forced to shut down the survival of fish farms and related facilities, salmon and herring resources near in the extinction of dozens of corporate bankruptcy or the brink of collapse. Therefore, the victims of pollution, according to Exxon reported annual average profit of $ 5 billion in financial condition, the collective to the federal court litigation, perpetrators pay a total of $ 15 billion of economic loss claims with disciplinary nature fine. the
April 20, the Gulf of Mexico sank the drilling platform
"Deepwater Horizon" drilling platform exploded in the night of April 20, 2010 and caused the fire, resulting in 11 staff death sunk Gulf, about 36 hours after. The platform at the bottom of the pipe constantly outwards oil spill from April 24. Leakage rate has far exceeded previous expectations, the extent of the damage is very likely to exceed the "Exxon - Valdez incident in Alaska waters in 1989, (L $ dj��.c��m) become the history of the United States The most serious oil pollution of the marine accident. (On www.TodayOnHistory.com)