Hard lessons learned from Alaskan fishermen
CORDOVA, Ak. — For the Louisiana delegation now visiting Alaska, the real work is underway today. Their journey is to discover what can be learned from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill that can help in the BP oil spill recovery. And they’re hearing from the people who were hurt in the town of Cordova, a town that may never be the same again. “It was a lot of fun,” Phil Leon said of the time …
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In Alaska, effects of Exxon Valdez loom over Louisiana visitors
CORDOVA, Ak. — Twenty-one years after an oil disaster forever changed lives in Alaska, Louisiana leaders are spending this week learning what they can from that region’s experience. Community leaders have traveled to Alaska to meet with members of the fishing industry and others affected by the spill. The Louisiana connections were easy to find the minute the group arrived. The team from …
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Effects of Exxon Valdez still felt 21 years later
ANCHORAGE, Ak. — Anchorage, Alaska is 3400 miles and three time zones away from New Orleans. It’s a city of 300,000, surrounded by waterways and mountains where snow can be seen in August. Tourists can photograph grizzly bears and eat reindeer burgers, while Alaskans fish for salmon in the middle of town. Our tour guide is an old friend, an Eyewitness News colleague, former Northshore Bureau …
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