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Exxon Valdez oil spill: Media

environmental disaster, Prince William Sound, Alaska, United States [1989]

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Exxon Valdez oil spill
Exxon Valdez in Prince William Sound, Alaska, after running aground March...
U.S. Coast Guard
Exxon Valdez oil spill at Naked Island
Crews using water from high-pressure hoses to clean oil off rocks on a beach, Naked...
Rob Stapleton—AP/Shutterstock.com
Wildlife affected by the Exxon Valdez
A seabird coated in oil from the Exxon Valdez spill being carried by fisherman...
© Chris Wilkins—AFP/Getty Images
Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup
Workers cleaning rocks covered in crude oil leaking from the Exxon Valdez,...
U.S. Coast Guard