meanwhile in alaska, the population is not even 700,000 people. valdez affected folks in canada, as well. the idea is a lot more people could be affected by the gulf coast oil spill. come back to the board for more basics. take a look at this. 1,300 square miles affected at the time. we haven t gotten that far in this disaster but it is growing and moving and keeping an eye to see if it gets that close. look at the wildlife killed from valdez. this is from the national wildlife federation. sea birds, sea otters, harbor seals, bald eagles. had a massive toll on marine life there, as well. to this day, guys, the services still impaired. commercial fishing, recreation, tourism and subsistence. that s 21 years after the oil spill. there s lessons to be learned from what happened so long ago and hoping it doesn t reach the same scope. back to you. definitely hoping it doesn t
could change the way we think about energy and the environment. we are in the gulf of mexico south of golf course, m gulf mississippi. we are finding some of the oil slicks in the gulf pretty apparent with rick signer conservationist. he s seen the effects of oil spills in val disease alaska. what do you compare this lick ore how do you compare this slick to what happened to the last? exxon valdez released 40-50,000 tons of very heavy crude oil in shore pristine coastal environment. this one is coming from offshore, it takes it some time to reach the surface. steiner who worked on the cleanup efforts for exxon valdez has a dire warning to the long-term impact. you can have it from years to come. the sea beared holiday down in breton island the sea birds are on nests there. there are thousands of nests
could change the way we think about energy and the environment. we are in the gulf of mexico south of golf course, m gulf mississippi. we are finding some of the oil slicks in the gulf pretty apparent with rick signer conservationist. he s seen the effects of oil spills in val disease alaska. what do you compare this lick ore how do you compare this slick to what happened to the last? exxon valdez released 40-50,000 tons of very heavy crude oil in shore pristine coastal environment. this one is coming from offshore, it takes it some time to reach the surface. steiner who worked on the cleanup efforts for exxon valdez has a dire warning to the long-term impact. you can have it from years to come. the sea beared holiday down in breton island the sea birds are on nests there. there are thousands of nests
could change the way we think about energy and the environment. we are in the gulf of mexico south of golf course, m gulf mississippi. we are finding some of the oil slicks in the gulf pretty apparent with rick signer conservationist. he s seen the effects of oil spills in val disease alaska. what do you compare this lick ore how do you compare this slick to what happened to the last? exxon valdez released 40-50,000 tons of very heavy crude oil in shore pristine coastal environment. this one is coming from offshore, it takes it some time to reach the surface. steiner who worked on the cleanup efforts for exxon valdez has a dire warning to the long-term impact. you can have it from years to come. the sea beared holiday down in breton island the sea birds are on nests there. there are thousands of nests
and we must continue to go forward. we have to continue to go forward. just as we ve always done, for decades over and over and over again with each successive oil spill, explosion and fire. prices paid in lives and land and in economies. yet at the same time every president has paid lip service to dependency on oil and fossil fuels. on january 29, 1969, before i was born, six miles off the california coast there was a blowout at a union oil drilling platform. oil and natural gas gushed into the ocean. 200,000 crude killed thousands of sea birds. 35 miles of california coast were caked in tar. the next day earth day was born. never again would we take our environment for granted or abuse it or put it at such risk.