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AlterNet: WorkPlace: Shocking: 18 Years on and Exxon Still Won't Pay $2.5 Billion for Valdez Oil Spill

AlterNet: WorkPlace: Shocking: 18 Years on and Exxon Still Won't Pay $2.5 Billion for Valdez Oil Spill: "The Supreme Court's recent decision to hear ExxonMobil's reasons to void the $2.5 billion punitive award in the Exxon Valdez case hit the town of Cordova, Alaska, hard. This small coastal fishing community -- my hometown -- along with the Alaska Native villages in Prince William Sound have borne the brunt of the largest crude oil spill in America's waters; a spill that took place more than 18 years ago, but one that continues to hold the region hostage."

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