The Effect That Valdez Had

According to the article, " Years later Valdez's stain remains, eighteen years later that oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on Alaska's Bligh Reef, it caused environmental damage to many species such as sea otter, sea birds, fish and other animals. Some species have recovered, while others have not recovered completely. Earlier this year (2007), ExxonMobil decided to reduce greenhouse gases and invest more in renewable sources. On the other hand, the company rejected the idea of joining BP, ConocoPhillips and Shell as part of the US Climate ActionPartnership, which is environmental group to limit greenhouse gases. In1987, they were banished from Prince William Sound.

I think the policy of this company that try to make it solve this problem by just money is not proper. Actually, money is one of the good way to clean the sea. However, even if they spend large amounts of money to clean the sea and try to reduce greenhouse gases, they can't recover the conditions that they had. What is worse, the effect that they made us spreading wider and wider.

From the time, I read this article, this bad happening occurred eighteen years earlier. However, people haven't changed their mind and they still think that they don't pollute oceans or make sea animals and fish suffer. Most people just think of their own profit even if they pollute the environment. We should care about and find what we can do to rescue them like gathering garbage.

It is apparent that nobody can expect when the ship accidents will occur or how they will affect sea animals. We can't blame anymore much if it occurs from natural disaster. However, these ships work for us to import products and help to live because many countries don't make products in their own countries. It makes us have greater possibilities for accidents to occur and kill sea animals.

Although this company stated that they spent large amounts money on the environmental cleanup, I think it's suspicious. If they spend money to make up for the event, they have to find specific solution of ways to clean the oceans and rescue their lives, Moreover, they can invest money for making products in their own countries to avoid use ships and import products as mush as possible.

In conclusion, the ship accidents like this even affect sea animals badly. Once the oceans are stained by oil, they can never recover what they were. Not to stain more than they do now, we have to think about what happens in the oceans and decrease the use of ships and spend money to clean and protect their lives.

Reference

Knickerbocker, B. (2007, July 4). Years later, Valdez's stain remains Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved October 21, 2008, from Lexis Nexis detabase