Have you heard the radio call from the Exxon Valdez?
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- 24 years later and this still gives us a sinking feeling. This is the actual radio call from the Exxon Valdez to Coast Guard, reporting the oil spill.
Released on the 24th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, this two-minute video reminds us of the dangers and costs that oil tankers and pipelines pose to our coastal waters.
Produced by the Coastal First Nations (www.coastalfirs...), the video opens with Exxon Valdez Captain Joe Hazelwood's radio call to Coast Guard, accompanied by The Sound of Silence, by Simon and Garfunkel. It concludes with a simple message: "Don't be silent. Vote for an oil-free coast."
Paul Simon's music label granted the rights to use the song for a small honorarium after the Coastal First Nations wrote to him personally, telling him about the Great Bear Rainforest and the danger that oil tankers pose to the coastal communities that live here.
Please share far and wide!
Please don't forget, we have to turn this around for our grandchildren and theirs! Share again and again!
I live in Vancouver and I support the Coastal First Nations and their message. I will stand with them and I hope people around BC rally to protect our province from the polluters in Alberta and Ottawa. Get out of our province!
Tears are not enough! I am crying but also very, very angry. Will we never learn???
He knew the extent of the damage, he was probably sad, guilt ridden and angry all at once.
Thank you for this very important message!
Giyasixa
This needs to go viral!
Well done.
So powerful - straight to the heart; and the heart of the matter.
I live in Victoria B C , ex commercial Fisher, I had friends in the Part of Alaska ruined by the EXXon Valdez oil spill, there is not any significant harvesting of any seafood now. We are being asked to support the Enbridge and Kinder Morgan pipelines and tankers. all to enrich the foreign owned Pipelines and to export the tar sands oil to Asia. I support the Coastal First Nations in their campaign, The Video was aired on this Hour has 22 minutes as a add,last night, a very good placement, money well spent.
As Grey Owl said so many years ago,
Some things are not for sale.
Some things belong to everyone.
You know, I don't think it needs to be longer. It is powerful just as it is. Pass it on!
Great initiative by the creators - congratulations! Hopefully it creates awareness on a national and international scale, and touches the hearts of most.
Long term, oil doesn't have to be a necessity. Right now though, well, try traveling more than a short commute without using gas (or an insanely expensive version of clean energy). It doesn't work with our current infrastructure. Hopefully we can shift from our focus on oil, but right now we need it. As for the route, I was just talking about shipping from Alaska along that coast south. Maybe that specific route in the video isn't used, but I know we ship along B.C. out of necessity.
Great ad! Gets straight to the point. Post it on your Facebook!
No wonder they thought he was intoxicated, he sounded wasted in the distress call!!
thanks - going to pass this on now.
I like how they say how many jobs would be lost if another oil tanker spill happened, but fail to mention the other side of the coin. How many jobs would be lost if they cut the transportation of oil along that crucial route? Until we can get a well-built pipeline all the way down, we need those tankers for our economy, as does B.C. Oil is a necessity right now that has to be kept safe, not tossed out altogether.
How do we stop Harper from doing this?? What can I do?
The fact is, the channel out of Kitimat is smaller than the channel that the Exxon Valdez ran aground in. The boats that would be leaving Kitimat would be as much as 10 times larger than the Exxon Valdez. Needless to say you don't need a degree in statistics to know that something will go wrong. And that's without the fact that Endbridge spills oil like that's the industry's goal. They haven't even clean up plan for this yet!
I have watched this 4 times and the counter still says 301 views? What goes here? This is the most important video released and it doesn't accurately announce how many viewers? This is simply untrue. Now 5 of us have watched it and it still says 301? Why isn't it correctly counting?
Everyone in Canada needs hear this and tell their MPs " No freaking way!!"
If we start subsidizing renewable technology instead of oil, it doesn't have to be short term either. We only need it because no one is willing to change their lifestyle. Without clean water or air we'll have bigger problems than getting from point A to B under budget. Yeah, along the coast and out of Vancouver are different than out of Kitimat. Those are narrow channels are the water is rough. A spill would be inevitable and devastating. And we have no way of cleaning it up afterwards.
Captain Hazelwood never did a single day in jail for this. Just community service and a fine.
You're right.
Hemp is far more efficient,
plus we can make plastics and food and fibres and medicine from it.
Spread the word and share!
Dunno, I expect they're projections and extrapolations from the Valdez spill as it would impact the BC coastline - reasonable techniques commonly used for cost assessment. It's a bit of a red herring, however, to pursue the validity numbers as if they're the thrust of the argument here; they're not. Oil is toxic, it tends to kill what it covers, these tankers and pipelines carry extraordinary amounts of oil - making them a dire threat. You don't need to do any math to figure this one out.
NO TANKERS! NO PIPELINES! Keep British Columbia Beautiful!!!
lol you know this was in alaska. not British Columbia
Everytime a radio station plays one of those sickening economic action plan ads, the host should play this song. It could become the anthem for the anti-Harper movement. The sound of silence... very eloquent.
I would like to know how much oil and gas was used in the production work of this video?
If it was not for that music at the beginning they would not need subtitles.
Yes
They wouldn't be cutting transportation in that route right now. There are currently no tankers in or out of that channel. And for good reason, these are some of the most dangerous waters on the planet. What good is a strong economy if we don't have clean air or water? If you're ever wondering if econ or the environment is more important, try counting your money while holding your breath. Oil is DOES NOT have to be a necessity.
CZcams counters don't update every single time, I think they catch up after a while. Same on all videos.
youtube verifies each view, check back tmrw or in a few days. They are ensuring that the video isnt receiving views from bots or people simply refreshing the video. Each view must be legitimate to be counted and this process takes some time.
Ships and safety has gotten much more sound since then...Just saying.
This is what we may look forward to in the future. I pray not - as I too have experienced a tragedy on the sea and know that this is possible.
where are these numbers coming from
What may have been acceptable fifty years ago
has nothing whatsoever to do with this threat
to our inland waters and coastline.
Hell, it's not even a threat-
it's guaranteed that we will have a spill.
You heard about the spill in Minnesota today?
You know we are overdue for a major earthquake?
If you haven't considered that tourism is a major industry here
and that whole industries live on the spinoffs of tourism
you might indeed be surprised at the number of jobs threatened.
See list of oil spills at Wikipedia, Search List of oil Spills.
Once this is all approved it should be great time for B.C. to start drilling offshore. They already have decent estimates from their exploratory wells they did in the 60's and 70's.
and anyone involved is straight jacketed & muffled..
Nonsense. And you should know oil is heavily subsidized in Canada.
Ban oil tankers? Remember that next time you want and need oil, gas, or diesel for your livelihood.
50 years ago we discovered alternatives...but do you think Opec would let us give up their precious oil...wake up! Look at the technology that has come to pass in the last 100 years and ask yourself why we're still using that shit!
1:28 *too
Lets us not forget, the terrible price paid by that pristine coast. Vow never to let it happen again. The environment is a key voting issue.
I did and Twitter.
Drunk--not sad.
I look forward to the day that the government remembers that they are suppose to work for us the people of Canada. They should be like foster parents unable to spend or sell land or rights of the people that they are looking after. I hope with everything I believe that this pipeline does not go forward
WTF IF WE WANT S&G WE'LL SEARCH IT... WE WANT THE F**KING RADIO CALL! ...AND WHY ISN'T THE VIDEO PLAYING?
He was definitely drunk and should have been in jail for 20yrs.
He failed his crew, the company, his family, and the state of Alaska.
😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
It's all about the money and people are using environmental concerns to get others on their side. B.C. already has a major pipeline running through it to the west coast and nobody is protesting that are they.
I'm wondering what 4379 jobs would be affected by a spill and I'm wondering how much money the first nations people accepted to allow drilling on "their" land in the 60's and 70's.
...and now the CEO of Exxon who still hasn't paid the 10% of the original 5 billion dollar fine (thanks to our pathetic Supreme Court) that would have helped the 5000 workers who lost their livelihood due to his incompetence, is about to become the Secretary of State...God help us!
Good video message. Glad to see that CBC allowed a run of a similar one on tonight's 7pm airing of The 22 Minutes Holiday Special (2013). Who will speak for us all when we find our collective voice has been legislated into oblivion? The Coastal First Nations - Great Bear Initiative is speaking for more than their own population. czcams.com/video/hB4YbeY_cWs/video.html
Do you drive a car? Use plastic? Fly? Junkies should not blame their dealer.
Corn oil for cars and Solar for power get the hell away from old tech oil.
It's time the human race moves forward rather than using the same old same old.
How old are those pipelines? Are they line logging the lines to check for corrosion? Are they doing the maintenance that they are supposed to be doing?
It's all about money to the involved Bands, don't kid yourself by thinking it's anything but a money grab.
No tankers and no oil sands. Canada is not your fiefdom Mr. Harper, start listening to the people you purportedly represent. First Nations are people too, right Mr. Harper?
I fully support moving away from fossil fuels, but corn is not the answer - biofuels made from corn are incredibly inefficient (water, land, and carbon intensive) and they jack up food prices exponentially, exacerbating poverty and leading to deforestation and soil erosion as more land is converted to cash crop agriculture. TElectric cars, solar energy, and next-generation batteries are the technologies we should be investing in.
I'm from B.C. I couldn't care less what happens to this province. For 70 years my family was supported by commercial fishing until it became a part time job. I find it pretty funny that you like Natural Gas paying your bills but you don't like oil.
Next time I roll through town on holidays don't forget to check the washer fluid on my truck.
Depressing... :\
I don't like Alberta oil, why should we risk our coast and fishing industry for Alberta? If you truly were from a fishing family you'd appreciate that. Plus, natural gas doesn't spill on the water and sink to the bottom like Bituman. Check washer fluid? Sorry,bud, unlike you I have an education and a well-paid job. I don't need to depend on sucking oil out of the ground and pretending I'm so innovative to make a living.
And you can bet Hateful Harper and his henchmen won't lose a cent, or a second caring...
Can't wait for this pipeline to be built. Hopefully they will drill offshore, more than just the exploratory wells already there, and they will now have a terminal to ship that oil from too.
Win win situation.
Such lies, there is no such thing as a full time job in BC. You're using old data to fight when many advancements in pipeline technology have been made.
How many dollars will it take this time?
Great idea posting this, adding lame music that distracts from the voices, stupid idea
It's a fish caught by draggers off the BC coast, better luck next time genius.
Reach your hand out a little further First Nations so the gov't can figure out how much it will cost them to change your mind THIS TIME.
What's with the flakey music? Doesn't add anything but hokiness.
Drill Baby Drill...
This video doesn't have very many views. Where's your 80% BC?
Half of your province is heavily subsidized, welcome to the real world of having to be gainfully employed B.C.
I hate this song.
I live in Vancouver and I support the Coastal First Nations and their message. I will stand with them and I hope people around BC rally to protect our province from the polluters in Alberta and Ottawa. Get out of our province!
I live in Vancouver and I support the Coastal First Nations and their message. I will stand with them and I hope people around BC rally to protect our province from the polluters in Alberta and Ottawa. Get out of our province!