What Is an Accurate Portrayal of the History of Environmental

question 64

Multiple Choice

What is an accurate portrayal of the history of environmental conventions against oil dumping by oil tankers?

• A)Oil tanker operators clean oil tankers at present by flooding them with ocean water;environmental action has not been successful.
• B)Oil tanker operators have independently changed their policy after oil dumping was exposed in the media.
• C)After the practice was exposed in the 1960s and 1970s,the international community successfully drafted international law to stop the practice.
• D)Efforts only succeeded after several attempts to find the right mechanism to discourage oil tankers from dumping oil in the ocean.
• E)Oil dumping was never a problem in the first place,since oil was so valuable;the media oversensationalized the issue.

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