Exxon Valdez Oil Disaster 15 Years Later

VALDEZ, AK - APRIL 6: A pylon marks the location of the Exxon Valdez shipwreck on Bligh Reef on April 6, 2004 near Valdez, Alaska. Fifteen years after the Exxon Valdez supertanker split open on a submerged reef and spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound, the legal fight continue. Experts thought the crude would be gone by 1995, but oil still clings to rocks on once-pristine beaches. Residents and scientists are pushing for a $100 million re-opening of the landmark $900 million civil settlement Exxon signed in 1991 to resolve environmental claims. The settlement expires in 2006 and some fear that the Bush administration will not attempt to secure the additional $100 million. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)