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2 unusual facts about Exxon Valdez oil spill


Jim Merkel

After witnessing the devastation following the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, however, he concluded that global problems had become so urgent as to require immediate action.

Larry Towell

His first magazine essay looked at the ecological damages from the Exxon Valdez oil spill.


Chenega, Alaska

On the 25th Good Friday after the earthquake, in 1989, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, causing an oil spill that again devastated Chenega and other places around the area economically.

Totem pole

It includes the inverted and distorted face of Exxon ex-CEO Lee Raymond, representing the unpaid debt that courts determined Exxon owes for having caused the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound.


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