You may also want to look at the Exxon Valdez case, which prompted the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and stopped pressure on ANWR in the Bush I term; all of the risks of the Valdez were known in the 1970s when Congress bypassed NEPA for the pipeline.
In addition, as a counterpoint, I would recommend looking at Thomas Beamish's <Silent Spill> which analyses the converse problem-- when there is no "tanker on the rocks" but instead 'crescive events' equal to or worse than... Peter Peter Jacques, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Political Science University of Central Florida P.O. Box 161356 4000 Central Florida Blvd. Orlando, FL 32816-1356 Phone: (407) 823-2608 Fax: (407) 823-0051 http://www.cas.ucf.edu/politicalscience/main.php?URL=jacques
