Arctic Drilling

Drill to Spill:

In order to prevent oil spills, we must keep the oil in the ground, and the Arctic weather conditions make oil spills even more likely; The U.S. Department of the Interior found that if companies start oil drilling in the Arctic, there's a 75% chance of an oil spill. Oil spills are not easy to clean up; in fact, no oil company has ever completely cleaned up an oil spill that they have caused. Although companies have tried, they've been hugely unsuccessful. In 1989, the Exxon Valdez released eleven million gallons of oil into Alaska’s Prince William Sound. After spending $2 billion in an effort to clean up their mess, they were only able to clean up less than seven percent of the oil. If oil companies extend these practices into the Arctic, it is likely that they'll release too much oil into the environment to clean up. What are the effects of a massive spill? Endangered species like polar bears are likely to die in immense quantities, disrupting the entire Arctic food chain.

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