Last time on Slick Science, we heard first-hand accounts of life after a monumental oil spill. But what happens after marine life dies and beaches are left covered with oil? Who is responsible for footing the cleanup bill? How much? And who decides?  In this episode, we get to be a fly on the wall of a courtroom where 12 ordinary Alaskans learn why a tanker the size of three football fields crashed and decide whether to punish Exxon for spilling millions of gallons of oil in Prince William Sound. As jurors and lawyers navigate the trial, questions are raised about the wisdom of having a jury hear this kind of case. Jurors aren’t experts and don’t have the scientific or economic expertise to muddle through something so big. So why would they be asked to decide this outcome? Slick Science: The toxic legacy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill is a collaboration between <a href="https://citedpodcast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cited Podcast</a> and <a href="https://www.nationalobserver.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Canada’s National Observer</a>. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Last time on Slick Science, we heard first-hand accounts of life after a monumental oil spill. But what happens after marine life dies and beaches are left covered with oil? Who is responsible for footing the cleanup bill? How much? And who decides? In this episode, we get to be a fly on the wall of a courtroom where 12 ordinary Alaskans learn why a tanker the size of three football fields crashed and decide whether to punish Exxon for spilling millions of gallons of oil in Prince William Sound. As jurors and lawyers navigate the trial, questions are raised about the wisdom of having a jury hear this kind of case. Jurors aren’t experts and don’t have the scientific or economic expertise to muddle through something so big. So why would they be asked to decide this outcome? Slick Science: The toxic legacy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill is a collaboration between Cited Podcast and Canada’s National Observer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Last time on Slick Science, we heard first-hand accounts of life after a monumental oil spill. But what happens after marine life dies and beaches are left covered with oil? Who is responsible for footing the cleanup bill? How much? And who decides?&nbsp; In this episode, we get to be a fly on the wall of a courtroom where 12 ordinary Alaskans learn why a tanker the size of three football fields crashed and decide whether to punish Exxon for spilling millions of gallons of oil in Prince William Sound. As jurors and lawyers navigate the trial, questions are raised about the wisdom of having a jury hear this kind of case. Jurors aren’t experts and don’t have the scientific or economic expertise to muddle through something so big. So why would they be asked to decide this outcome? Slick Science: The toxic legacy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill is a collaboration between <a href="https://citedpodcast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cited Podcast</a> and <a href="https://www.nationalobserver.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Canada’s National Observer</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

12 Angry Alaskans

On a late March evening in 1989, the Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker owned by the Exxon Shipping Company, spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil into Alaska’s Prince William Sound. At the time, it was the largest single oil spill in U.S. waters. It covered 1,300 miles of coastline and killed hundreds of thousands of seabirds, otters, seals and whales.&nbsp; The world thought that was the end of the story. But there’s so much more to what happened that night in Alaska. Our newest podcast reinvestigates the Exxon Valdez spill 35 years later, bringing new voices, new information and new stories to one of history’s most infamous environmental disasters.&nbsp;&nbsp; With a background in health, science, and climate reporting, host Gordon Katic immerses listeners into one of the darkest days in marine history.&nbsp; We hear from scientists and fishers who form unlikely friendships and unfold the trauma of how an oil spill impacts the environment, economy, and people as they fight against Big Oil. Slick Science: The toxic legacy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill is a collaboration between <a href="https://citedpodcast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cited Podcast</a> and <a href="https://www.nationalobserver.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Canada’s National Observer</a>. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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On a late March evening in 1989, the Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker owned by the Exxon Shipping Company, spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil into Alaska’s Prince William Sound. At the time, it was the largest single oil spill in U.S. waters. It covered 1,300 miles of coastline and killed hundreds of thousands of seabirds, otters, seals and whales.  The world thought that was the end of the story. But there’s so much more to what happened that night in Alaska. Our newest podcast reinvestigates the Exxon Valdez spill 35 years later, bringing new voices, new information and new stories to one of history’s most infamous environmental disasters.   With a background in health, science, and climate reporting, host Gordon Katic immerses listeners into one of the darkest days in marine history.  We hear from scientists and fishers who form unlikely friendships and unfold the trauma of how an oil spill impacts the environment, economy, and people as they fight against Big Oil. Slick Science: The toxic legacy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill is a collaboration between Cited Podcast and Canada’s National Observer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On a late March evening in 1989, the Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker owned by the Exxon Shipping Company, spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil into Alaska’s Prince William Sound. At the time, it was the largest single oil spill in U.S. waters. It covered 1,300 miles of coastline and killed hundreds of thousands of seabirds, otters, seals and whales.&nbsp; The world thought that was the end of the story. But there’s so much more to what happened that night in Alaska. Our newest podcast reinvestigates the Exxon Valdez spill 35 years later, bringing new voices, new information and new stories to one of history’s most infamous environmental disasters.&nbsp;&nbsp; With a background in health, science, and climate reporting, host Gordon Katic immerses listeners into one of the darkest days in marine history.&nbsp; We hear from scientists and fishers who form unlikely friendships and unfold the trauma of how an oil spill impacts the environment, economy, and people as they fight against Big Oil. Slick Science: The toxic legacy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill is a collaboration between <a href="https://citedpodcast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cited Podcast</a> and <a href="https://www.nationalobserver.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Canada’s National Observer</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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