21 Years After Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Many Animal Species Still Struggling To Survive - NOLA.com

[WillyT]

21 years after Exxon Valdez oil spill, many animal species still struggling to survive
Published: Sunday, June 27, 2010, 1:00 AM
Times-Picayune Staff Times-Picayune Staff

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Here is a current status of species harmed by the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill:

Recovered (recovery objectives have been met)

Bald eagles
Common loons
Common murres
Cormorants
Harbor seals
Pink salmon
Sockeye salmon
Dolly Varden
River otters

Recovering (substantive progress is being made toward recovery objectives)

Barrows goldeneyes
Black oystercatchers
Harlequin ducks
Killer whales
Sea otters
Clams
Mussels

Not recovering (resources are showing little or no clear improvement since spill injuries occurred)

Pacific herring
Pigeon guillemots

Recovery unknown

Kittlitz's murrelets
Marbled murrelets
Cutthroat trout
Rock fish

Source: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, 2009 report

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Link: http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/06/21_years_after_valdez_oil_spil.html

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[bear425]

1. What kind of person unrecs a post like this?

Best estimates are that this is like the Exxon Valdez spill every four days. The recovery for The Gulf wildlife, if possible, will take much longer.

[WillyT]

2. People In Complete Denial...

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BTW - I agree with you... this is gonna take much much longer.

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[truedelphi]

3. Not sure who is in denial -

At least one boater in the NO area has committed suicide.

Yes, the Obama Cheerleaders are in denial - but outside of that fringe group, the rest of America is waking up. They see equipment coming to the Gulf courtesy of Costner and Cameron - and not being used.

They listen to the anonymous woman in the following video (See my sig line) and realize that only one percent of the "2 million feet of booming lines" was installed properly. And that hundreds if not thousands of well trained people who know proper booming are not being called to work by BP - despite their repeatedly calling in and asking to work the booming lines.

They tune in to Anderson Cooper as he interviews, again and again, the officials in the little coastline parishes of LA who are seeing their communities trashed. While no one in Congress or the WH has anything to say about it. (Okay Indie Senator Leahy wants to criminalize those who IN THE FUTURE take corporate shortcuts and put our oceans at risk. But why not criminalize BP officials right now- rush a bill through that says you have 21 days to install proper booming or your butts are in jail? Congress certainly rushed through the Patriot Act when that catastrophe occurred! But of course we had a very strong regime (not likable, but strong) when Nine Eleven occurred.)

A couple days ago, I was pleased to see Jeanine Garofolo chortling the answer "Obama" when asked who her favorite Conservative hero was.