The oil case of santa barbara, 19 69, gets the country a bunch of new regulations. 20 years later, x on valdes creates even more regulations. But just about 20 years after that, none of that is enough to stop what i believe is the biggest oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry from taking place off the shore states.
An energy expert explains why offshore oil spills keep happening and whether they’ll ever stop.
Today’s show was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Cristian Ayala and Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained
Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices