Exxon and the environment

Book · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1975

OSTI ID:7353520

This anthology of articles published by Exxon represents its ongoing effort of environmental conservation. Five chapters in an overview include Exxon and the Environment; The Oil Industry and the Environment; The Environment: Whose Responsibility; CONCAWE--Ten Years On (Conservation of Clean Air and Water in Western Europe); and Economics for Environmentalists. Four chapters dealing with refineries and terminals are Bugs, Boilers and Goldfish; Exxon USA and Benicia--Getting it Together; A Habit of Concern; and Singapore--Bugging the Pollution Problem. Dealing with offshore problems, the following articles appear: Oil from the Deep Sea; Blowout School; Billion-Dollar Brushpiles; and Hilda's Hidden Haven. Information on tankers and spills is dispensed in articles entitled: Grounded; New Boom Sweeps Clean; The Cleanest Industrial Port in America; and To Prevent a Spill, Go Out and Look (in-port inspection of the tanker). Activities by Exxon in the Arctic are discussed in: New Knowledge of the North; Investigating the Environment at Valdez; Permafrost; and Stepping Lightly. The Mission Possible Man is Art Joen. Ten chapters on the environment tell the story in: Santa Barbara Alive and Well; Harvesting Food and Fuel from the Gulf; Mother Nature's Oil Wells; Return of the Terns; When the Last Oilman Leaves Avery Island; APC Has a Story to Tell; The Greening of the Refuge; Stop that Noise; What's to be Done With Old Tires; and Energy and the Environment: Striking a Balance. Publications and films available are listed. (MCW)

• OSTI ID: 7353520
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290300* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Environment
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ARCTIC REGIONS
ECONOMICS
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
FOOD
INDUSTRY
LAND RECLAMATION
OFFSHORE SITES
OIL SPILLS
PERSONNEL
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
PETROLEUM REFINERIES
POLAR REGIONS
POLLUTION
REVEGETATION
SEAS
SURFACE WATERS