Introduction
Through investigating the BP Oil Spill in order to form an argument in regards to media there was a lot I found in my research that although important and interesting did not all relate to my actual paper as a result this website explores some of the aspects of both of the disasters that proved interesting beyond just the information gained from my research paper.

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

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• The amount of oil spilled was equal to 125 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
• As many as 2,800 sea otters, 300 harbor seals, 900 bald eagles and 250,000 seabirds died in the days after the disaster.
• The spill caused over $300 million of economic harm to more than 32 thousand people whose livelihoods depended on commercial fishing.
• 1,300 miles of coastline were hit by the oil spill.
• The cleanup required about 10,000 workers, 1,000 boats and roughly 100 airplanes and helicopters.

BP Oil Spill

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• 4.9 million barrels of oil (205.8 million gallons) in total leaked from the Deepwater Horizon well.
• That is about half the amount of crude oil the U.S. imports per day.
• 665 Miles of coastline contaminated were by oil.
• 397.7 million dollars worth of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico.
• The estimated cost of the oil spill to the Gulf Coast tourist industry was $23 billion, which employs upwards of 400,000 people and generates $34 billion of revenue each year.

Other Information to Check Out On This Site
Criticism of BP’s CEO & Science Behind Dispersants here.

Site Reflections
Check out Reflections of the Significance of this site here.

Page Number Reference:
1 – Introduction/Navigation Page
2 – Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
3 – BP Oil Spill
4 – Interesting Additional Information
5 – Site Reflections