Description: Nantucket shore sunset. Several takes of reporter standup. Reporter interviews John Clay, engineering officer who was working on the Argo Merchant oil spill. Clay points out the effects of the oil spill on the major fishing areas off the coast of Massachusetts, including the Georges Bank. Nantucket shore with ice and snow, seagulls.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/22/1976
Description: Argo Merchant oil spill. Aerials of Nantucket.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/22/1976
Description: "The Wreck of the Argo Merchant" documentary. Oil spill.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/30/1976
Description: Douglas Foy and environmentalists criticize Exxon for being unprepared to clean up Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska. B-roll: file of cleanup in progress and oil not cleaned up.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/28/1989
Description: Sen. Carol Amick leads call for boycott of Exxon in protest of Valdez oil spill. Exxon gas station in rain, pumps, filling tank. PC with boycott signs.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/02/1989
Description: Conservation Law Foundation urges preparedness for risk of oil spill in Boston Harbor from tanker traffic. Pilot boat. File of Liberian tanker Pluto in fog.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/23/1990
Description: OIL SPILL FIRE FROM TRUCK ACCIDENT ROUTE 128 IN PEABODY
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/03/1985
Description: Cleanup of no. 2 diesel oil spilled in Quincy Harbor. Suds on surface of water. Pump on dock. Jet-Line Services oil pollution control tank truck. Seagull on pier. Vacuum barge. Wide of bay. Estimated 28,000 gallons spilled. Interview with Mike Downey of Coast Guard Marine Safety Division says oil spills not unusual in state and talks about method of cleanup. Man in hip boots and rubber gloves wades in water with pitchfork. Brown residue visible near surface. Interview with fisherman Tom Galgana about secret clam flat and lobster grounds being damaged by spill for at least ten years.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/07/1979
Description: Provincetown has water supply problem; uses Truro's wells. Old fuel oil spill contaminated aquifer. (part 1 of 2)
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/08/1987
Description: Greek tanker World Prodigy in Narragansett Bay after oil spill. Sailboat off Brenton Reef. Slight oil slick on surface of water.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/27/1989