UAA Professor Sheds Light On BP Oil Spill

Rick Steiner of the University of Anchorage Alaska gave a presentation on several universities and conferences regarding the cause of the April Gulf of Mexico oil spill. According to his research, too, there are a lot of similarities between the BP oil spill and the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill.

Steiner said that the oil spill which triggered a lot of grief for Alaska’s underwater ecosystem can be blamed on not one, not two, but probably 20 causes. The “string of faults” includes “human error and equipment malfunction”, “government malfeasance”, and not to mention that “government oversight was totally ineffective”.

Steiner also said the Deepwater Horizon was designed improperly, and a lot of mechanisms failed. Naturally, the effects of the disaster escalated.

The oil spill was one of the most talked about disasters around the world. To this day, its environmental repercussions stand to prove that criticisms that have been made against BP were totally rational.

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