exxon valdez
"Democracy Now!": Wed. July 7 2010
After the U.S. praised Netanyahu’s "restraint," Israeli journalist Amira Hass asks Obama to imagine life as a Palestinian under occupation; BP oil spill cleanup workers are still getting sick, and an Exxon Valdez survivor warns of long term health effects; the government and BP are placing more restrictions on journalists covering the oil spill in a media clampdown; and as the Dalai Lama marks his 75th birthday, we look at his views on the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Tibet. "Democracy Now!" is a daily independent newshour.
Email this pageEnviro Close-Up: The Ongoing Exxon Valdez Disaster
Writer Ashley Shelby details how the impacts of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska continue and how Exxon, despite a federal jury ordering it pay $5.2 billion in punitive damages to fishers and natives, still fights the verdict. "Enviro Close-Up" explores issues such as global warming, renewable energy, nuclear proliferation and globalization.
