X on valdez runs aground in prince william sound, alaska and dumps 11 million gallons of oil. The crews have not arrived yet to begin cleaning the slime off the islands beaches and rocks. That probably won't happen until next week. Xon says it cannot do the job in a haphazard manner.
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.
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