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Zygmunt J.B. Plater

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Environmental Law--Oil Spills

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The Exxon Valdez Resurfaces In The Gulf Of Mexico ... And The Hazards Of “Megasystem Centripetal Di-Polarity”, Zygmunt J.B. Plater Oct 2011

The Exxon Valdez Resurfaces In The Gulf Of Mexico ... And The Hazards Of “Megasystem Centripetal Di-Polarity”, Zygmunt J.B. Plater

Zygmunt J.B. Plater

The 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon blowout spill in the Gulf of Mexico shocked the nation with the amount of oil and harm it unleashed upon the Gulf and its natural and human ecosystems. As details of the calamity became available, they revealed frustrating parallels to the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in the Gulf of Alaska in terms of causation and impaired response capability. Similar systemic deficits characterized the actions of corporate managers and state and federal regulators in the oil industry of both Gulfs. In a “di-polar” system where industry and government regulators are supposed to counterbalance one another, …


Learning From Disasters: Twenty-One Years After The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Will Reactions To The Deepwater Horizon Blowout Finally Address The Systemic Flaws Revealed In Alaska?, Zygmunt J.B. Plater Oct 2011

Learning From Disasters: Twenty-One Years After The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Will Reactions To The Deepwater Horizon Blowout Finally Address The Systemic Flaws Revealed In Alaska?, Zygmunt J.B. Plater

Zygmunt J.B. Plater

Twenty years ago, after the calamitous Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska’s Prince William Sound, the pervasive systemic flaws—that according to the Alaska Oil Spill Commission had made a major calamity not just possible but probable—were largely cloaked behind the figure of a captain with a drinking problem. In 2010, after suffering another horrific oil incident—this one almost 20 times! larger than the Exxon Valdez spill—the question for national energy law and policy is whether, this time around, we’ll acknowledge and implement the hard systemic lessons largely avoided two decades ago. The Deepwater Horizon blowout will be a doubly disastrous …


Will Laxity And Collusion Now Come To An End?, Zygmunt J.B. Plater Aug 2010

Will Laxity And Collusion Now Come To An End?, Zygmunt J.B. Plater

Zygmunt J.B. Plater

No abstract provided.


An Emergency Resource Requisitioning System For Response To Future Oil Spills, Zygmunt J.B. Plater Dec 1989

An Emergency Resource Requisitioning System For Response To Future Oil Spills, Zygmunt J.B. Plater

Zygmunt J.B. Plater

No abstract provided.


Some Suggested Elements For An Improved Oil Spill Response System, Zygmunt J.B. Plater Dec 1989

Some Suggested Elements For An Improved Oil Spill Response System, Zygmunt J.B. Plater

Zygmunt J.B. Plater

No abstract provided.


Judicial Remedies For Prevention Of Future Oil Spills, Zygmunt J.B. Plater Dec 1989

Judicial Remedies For Prevention Of Future Oil Spills, Zygmunt J.B. Plater

Zygmunt J.B. Plater

No abstract provided.