20 years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill

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I’m in the Anchorage airport on my way home. But don’t tell anyone . . . I’m smuggling hazardous waste on the flight. The toxic waste is 80 pounds of rocks from the beaches in Prince William Sound, Alaska. The photo above tells the story quicker than I can with words.  Let me just tell you that it wasn’t hard to find more than enough rocks covered with stinky crude oil. I could have sunk the boat. Gotta run for now, more later.

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3 responses to “20 years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill”

  1. Robert Avatar
    Robert

    Good on Ya for keeping that old and vital role of “muck raker” alive… I trust you plan to do something constructive with this muck / goo…
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muckraker

    1. Scott Dickerson Avatar

      Thanks Robert.
      The World Wildlife Fund supported this trip and are working hard to bring attention to the issue: http://www.worldwildlife.org/what/howwedoit/policy/oilspill.html

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