Exxon Valdez 18 Years and Counting

Book excerpt: Exxon Valdez 18 Years And Counting is a legal explanation of the case and a resource for the public to better understand the attitude Exxon maintains towards people and the environment. Kellie Kvasnikoff wrote Exxon Valdez 18 Years And Counting to help others understand the pain, loss, offensiveness, and nauseating effects this legal case has brought the plaintiff's of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill and to give a view from a Native perspective of the loss to his native culture.When a company becomes so big that they can flaunt the laws, buy science, manufacture evidence, and manipulate expert witness testimony, and when fines and litigation are not a deterrent to bad business practices, then governments can't protect its people."The firm basis of government is justice, not pity." -Woodrow Wilson"The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend." -Benjamin Disraeli