Big Ships Dump Oil Into The Ocean

Ships dump 88 million gallons of oil into the ocean illegally each year - that's eight times the amount of the Exxon Valdez oil spill (Photo source: Vmenkov at Wikimedia Commons)

Each year, ships intentionally dump millions of gallons of oil into the oceans. Rebecca Williams reports everything from cruise ships to cargo ships to oil tankers have been caught:

A related article on the dumping

A story from TER on the Exxon Valdez

Producer: Rebecca Williams
Release Date: May 25, 2009
Running Time: :50