I met Captain Keith Colburn of the Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Catch," on Capitol Hill today, the 20th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. He appeared before before two subcommittees of the Natural Resources Committee that deal with energy, minerals, oceans and wildlife that held a hearing on energy development on the outer continental shelf and the health of Earth's oceans.
He brought with him a glass jar full of oil soaked sand and stones taken from Alaska's Prince William Sound coast a month ago. Two decades after the spill, an estimated 21,000 gallons of spilled oil still remain.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
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