The Exxon Valdez oil spill was the major event that had greatest influence on the united states' political outlook on environmentalism in the 1980s.
Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker operated by the Exxon Shipping Company, discharged 11 million gallons of crude oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989, resulting in the Exxon Valdez oil spill, a man-made tragedy. Up to the Deepwater Horizon oil leak in 2010, it was the worst oil spill in American history. The Exxon Valdez oil spill killed tens of thousands of seabirds, otters, seals, and whales while covering 1,300 kilometers of coastline. There are still isolated patches of crude oil in some places nearly 30 years later. Exxon Valdez was an oil tanker and ore carrier for more than 20 years after the disaster before it was put back in operation under a new name.
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