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Single hull oil tankers banned from U.S. waters – UPDATE

January 6, 2015 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

It’s only been a quarter of a century since the United States passed it’s Oil Pollution Act. A year after the 1989 Exxon Valdez environmental disaster off the coast of Alaska, American politicians wrote a law requiring all new tankers need to have double hulls to prevent similar catastrophes. But single hull tankers were still […]

Filed Under: Canada, Environment, International, News Tagged With: Canada, Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society, double-hull tankers, environmental disaster, Exxon Valdez, oil companies, Oil Pollution Act, protecting marine areas, single hull tankers, U.S. ports

Single hull oil tankers banned from U.S. waters

January 5, 2015 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

It’s only been a quarter of a century since the United States passed it’s Oil Pollution Act. A year after the 1989 Exxon Valdez environmental disaster off the coast of Alaska, American politicians wrote a law requiring all new tankers need to have double hulls to prevent similar catastrophes. But single hull tankers were still […]

Filed Under: Environment, International, News Tagged With: Alaska, double-hull tankers, environmental disaster, Exxon Valdez, oil, Oil Pollution Act, single hull tankers, United States

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