I te 24 o Poutu-te-rangi, 1989, i roto i te mea e kiia ana ko tētahi o ngā rerenga hinu kino rawa i roto i te hītori o Amerika, he kaipuke hinu nō Exxon, ko te "Exxon Valdez", i tukinga ki Bligh Reef, ka rere
neke atu i te tekau miriona karetao o te hinu raw i utaina ki te Prince William Sound i Alaska, ā, i mate ai ngā rau mano o ngā manu moana me ngā kararehe moana. I whakahaeretia te kaipuke e tētahi rangatira, he hītori o ngā whiunga taraiwa haurangi, ā, i whakahaua a Exxon e tētahi kōti whakawātea kia utua he whiu mō te $5 piriona. I te mutunga ka whakaitihia tēnei whakataunga, i muri i ngā kerēme maha, ki te $500 miriona anake i te tau 2008.