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Here's the archive item for
03_24:
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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY: OIL SPILL
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Source: New York Times
Largest U.S. Tanker Spill Spews 270,000 Barrels Of Oil Off Alaska
Exxon Vessel Hits Reef, Fouling Water That Is Rich in Marine Life
By Philip Shabecoff
A tanker filled to capacity with crude oil ran aground and ruptured yesterday 25 miles from the southern end of the Trans Alaska Pipeline, spewing her cargo into water rich in marine life.
By evening the ship, the Exxon Valdez, had sent more than 270,000 barrels of oil into Prince William Sound, making this the largest tanker spill in United States history.
Opponents of further development of Arctic oilfields quickly seized on the spill as evidence of what they perceive as the environmental risks involved...
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