Prince William Sound Oil Spill Five Years After

From: Morning Edition (NPR) | Date: March 24, 1994 | Copyright information


NPR Morning Edition

03-24-1994

ALEX CHADWICK, Host: The mess is no more to be seen, but five years later Prince William Sound still struggles with the Exxon Valdez oil spill. A report from Alaska after headlines from Carl Kasell.

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CHADWICK: Five years ago today the tanker ship Exxon Valdez ran aground and spilled nearly 11 million gallons of crude oil. It was far from the biggest oil spill in history, but some scien...

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