Exposing Exxon.In 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil spill The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill is considered one of the most devastating man-made environmental disasters ever to occur at sea. Prince William Sound's remote location (accessible only by helicopter and boat) made government and industry response efforts difficult and severely taxed devastated dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. Alaska's fishing industry. Now, a coalition called ExxposeExxon.com says ExxonMobil still refuses to pay over 4 billion dollars in damages to the spill spill - register spilling victims like retired Alaskan fisherman Ross Mullins. Radio News Feature You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/home.aspx?story=30695 This multimedia news story is for free and unrestricted use on your news information site (and for print or broadcast too). Visit http://www.newstream.com to download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. video, audio, text, graphics and photos. If you have any questions about the story, or about Newstream.com, please write to us at info@newstream.com. |
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