Thursday, March 26, 2009

Today Marks 20 Years Since Exxon Valdez Spill

(U.S. Coast Guard) "Just after midnight March 24, 1989, the super tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground in Alaska’s Prince William Sound releasing 11 million gallons of heavy crude oil. Twenty years later the effects of the largest oil spill in U.S. history are still being felt. The toxic muck still clings to the Alaskan coast. Wildlife populations are still recovering. Law suits still drag on. Yet not all of the effects have been negative."

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