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An oil drilling platform in oil-free water two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Gulf Oil Spill

July 2012

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The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred on March 24, 1989 when an oil tanker grounded on a reef in Alaska’s Prince William Sound. It spilled almost 11 million gallons of crude oil, which reached 1,300 miles of coastline. The spill's remote location, accessib

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Five Questions for Richard Carson, Natural Resource Economist

March 2014

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