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there is a law called the oil pollution act of 1990 that passed after the exxon valdez spill. it is not as big as like the valdez spill which was 200 times more oil than this spill. that was a billion dollars. >> what about the local pilot? we haven't talked about him. how did he come to make such an impaired judgment and where is he now? >> the national transportation board did a report after. they found out he was taking as many as 12 medications, a whole range of vicodin, zoloft that they say impaired his judgment on the bridge. he pleaded dp eed guilty on cri charges. he is out. as we reported this week, he has quietly asked the coast guard for his mariner's license back. he's 62. the coast guard turned him down at first. he has appealed. with don't know when he is going to make the decision. if the coast guard gives him back his license, he will be sailing big ships again potentially. there are going to be some meetings in october where there is going to be community projects. you will see public access on other types of work. >> and were environment alist pleased. >> not
there is a law called the oil pollution act of 1990 that passed after the exxon valdez spill. it is not as big as like the valdez spill which was 200 times more oil than this spill. that was a billion dollars. >> what about the local pilot? we haven't talked about him. how did he come to make such an impaired judgment and where is he now? >> the national transportation board did a report after. they found out he was taking as many as 12 medications, a whole range of vicodin, zoloft...
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but it was found by some archaeologists who were working for the state of alaska following the exxon valdez spill, and there was great concern that some of these areas that were being impacted by the spill had archaeological sites on them that no one had looked for and that could be damaged by the oil directly or by clean-up activities, and one of the results of the spill was that almost 1,000 new archaeological sites were discovered. when alaska was purchased by the united states, they instituted the census every 10 years, and the first one in 1880 recorded a few people living in one village out on the coast, and by the next census in 1890, there were no native alaskan settlers out here. they had in the meantime resettled in english bay because of the effects of deprivation under the fur trade system, which was really one of forced labor, or probably a substantial impact from smallpox and other diseases. eir population had dwindled. they went to english bay, collected there, and there was a church there. the russian orthodox priest wanted them to come there and settle at one centralized lo
but it was found by some archaeologists who were working for the state of alaska following the exxon valdez spill, and there was great concern that some of these areas that were being impacted by the spill had archaeological sites on them that no one had looked for and that could be damaged by the oil directly or by clean-up activities, and one of the results of the spill was that almost 1,000 new archaeological sites were discovered. when alaska was purchased by the united states, they...
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federal, state, local authorities announced the largest-ever natural damage settlement since the exxon valdez oil spill in 1989. >> this bay is a jewel of the san francisco region and the costco luzon oil spill left a scar across our water. >> reporter: just about every agency you can think of wanted to weigh in today to tout the cooperative effort that resulted in a $44 million settlement with the owners and operators of the costco buzon. they are being held financially responsible for the clean up of the waters affected by the oil spill. >> for all of those who use our public ways and our public waters and our public lands and our natural resources, there is a public trust there to protect those resources, not only for our generation but for future generations. >> reporter: 2007 it slammed into the bay bridge's tower fender spilling more than 53,000 gallons of fuel. the clean-up was extensive. thousands of birds died, the herring population took a hit and the beaches were soiled. last year the ship's owner was ordered to pay $10 million in a criminal settlement. the pilot was sentenced to j
federal, state, local authorities announced the largest-ever natural damage settlement since the exxon valdez oil spill in 1989. >> this bay is a jewel of the san francisco region and the costco luzon oil spill left a scar across our water. >> reporter: just about every agency you can think of wanted to weigh in today to tout the cooperative effort that resulted in a $44 million settlement with the owners and operators of the costco buzon. they are being held financially responsible...
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wondering how you reconcile that and how do you account for things like degradation like when the exxon valdezank g.d.p. in aalaska went up because of the cost of recovery. host: thank you, john. guest: good catch. you must be an account yourself. what i left out of that chart is imports. they are counted as a negative in g.d.p., because they are not domestic production. and we measure it by final sales. with respect to your second question of degradation of the environment, that's an issue that's been kicking around citizens u.s. accounts were founded in the great depression in the 1930's, and yes, indeed, people recognize the founder of the, that that is a net deduction that should be taken against production, and just as we depreciate and use capital in production, we should do the same for natural resources. the difficult thing is how do weness economics of pollution? most oil wells are not bought or sold or developed by the companies themselves so, there's no price we can put on those things but something the bureau has worked on in the past, but at the current time while we have some wor
wondering how you reconcile that and how do you account for things like degradation like when the exxon valdezank g.d.p. in aalaska went up because of the cost of recovery. host: thank you, john. guest: good catch. you must be an account yourself. what i left out of that chart is imports. they are counted as a negative in g.d.p., because they are not domestic production. and we measure it by final sales. with respect to your second question of degradation of the environment, that's an issue...
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wondering how you reconcile that and how do you account for things like degradation like when the exxon valdez sank g.d.p. in aalaska went up because of the cost of recovery. host: thank you, john. guest: good catch. you must be an account yourself. what i left out of that chart is imports. they are counted as a negative in g.d.p., because they are not domestic production. and we measure it by final sales. with respect to your second question of degradation of the environment, that's an issue that's been kicking around citizens u.s. accounts were founded in the great depression in the 1930's, and yes, indeed, people recognize the founder of the, that that is a net deduction that should be taken against production, and just as we depreciate and use capital in production, we should do the same for natural resources. the difficult thing is how do weness economics of pollution? most oil wells are not bought or sold or developed by the companies themselves so, there's no price we can put on those things but something the bureau has worked on in the past, but at the current time while we have some w
wondering how you reconcile that and how do you account for things like degradation like when the exxon valdez sank g.d.p. in aalaska went up because of the cost of recovery. host: thank you, john. guest: good catch. you must be an account yourself. what i left out of that chart is imports. they are counted as a negative in g.d.p., because they are not domestic production. and we measure it by final sales. with respect to your second question of degradation of the environment, that's an issue...
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valdez. they shut down exxon stations and they protested and demanded policies and they got out of the wish administrationthe bush senior administration a critical piece of legislation, the oil pollution act. similarly in 1969 at the coast of santa barbara when an oil well blue people organized. they were galvanized. they were ready. they saw imagery to capture their hearts and souls and a year later, they got th
valdez. they shut down exxon stations and they protested and demanded policies and they got out of the wish administrationthe bush senior administration a critical piece of legislation, the oil pollution act. similarly in 1969 at the coast of santa barbara when an oil well blue people organized. they were galvanized. they were ready. they saw imagery to capture their hearts and souls and a year later, they got th
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valdez. they shut down exxon station. they protested. they demanded policy. and they got, out of the bush administration, the bush senior administration a critical piece of legislation, the oil pollution act. similarly and 196 tonight off the coast of santa barbara when an oil well blue, people organized. they were galvanized. they were ready. de son imagery that captured the hearts and soul. and years later they got birthday. they got the clean water act. they got the clean air and. they got the environmental protection agency and 11 long years of organizing later, they got a moratorium on offshore drilling in some places. what happened here was that those photographs, particularly of the brown pelicans soaked in oil, the state bird of louisiana, captured people. captured our hearts and our minds. but those picture start to go away and i think what most people assumed was the pictures were going away because what? oil birds were going away, right? less birds, less images but that's not what happened. when i was able to track in the book is the number of bird
valdez. they shut down exxon station. they protested. they demanded policy. and they got, out of the bush administration, the bush senior administration a critical piece of legislation, the oil pollution act. similarly and 196 tonight off the coast of santa barbara when an oil well blue, people organized. they were galvanized. they were ready. de son imagery that captured the hearts and soul. and years later they got birthday. they got the clean water act. they got the clean air and. they got...