From Publishers Weekly
On April 8, 1989, two weeks after the oil tanker Exxon Valdez spilled 11 million gallons of oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound, Keeble arrived there on assignment for the Village Voice . He remained through September, visiting affected areas and talking to hundreds of scientists, fishermen and other natives, and public and corporate officials. Examining the oil industry, Keeble ( Yellowfish ) points out the blurred line between economic power and regulatory authority, and notes that there was no provision for high-speed decision-making for this crisis and very litle reliance on local expertise. He charges that Exxon, "the Hudson Bay Fur Trading Co. of contemporary Alaska," repeatedly exaggerated both the likelihood and facts of oil dispersal; that the upper echelons of the National Park Service tried to minimize the severity of the threat and deliberately stalled action. More than one and a half times as much refined fuel (gasoline, diesel) was used to operate machinery to clean up the effects of the disaster than was originally spilled. A hard-hitting, gripping account.
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From Library Journal
In this portrait of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, Keeble does not condemn, lament, or excuse the event. Unlike Art Davidson's In the Wake of the Exxon Valdez ( LJ 5/1/90) and Page Spenser's White Silk and Black Tar ( LJ 6/15/90), which appeared sooner after the event and which featured guilt versus innocence and the environmental horror as prevailing themes, Keeble offers a more rational, less emotional view of the disaster. He writes: "Outrage animated the oil and transformed it into a myth . . . . Sentiment universally expressed by those close to the oil spill . . . was 'We brought it on ourselves." ' Especially excellent is Keeble's unique discussion on the "Truth About Oil" in Chapter 14. Recommended for general audiences.
-Mary J. Nickum, Fish and Wildlife Reference Svc., Bethesda, Md.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.
-Mary J. Nickum, Fish and Wildlife Reference Svc., Bethesda, Md.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.
