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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Exxon Valdez Spill

Pelagic cormorants gather on a islet in Prince William Sound, on April 6, 2004, near Valdez, Alaska. Experts thought the crude would be gone by 1995 but oil still clings to rocks on once-pristine beaches where sea otters digging into relatively fresh oil are still unleashing toxins.