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Home | skies

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Oil spill leaves empty, silent skies

November 24, 2007 by Bird-Rescue

From Letters to the Editor, San Francisco Chronicle: I work on Alcatraz Island. The ferry ride to and from work is a beautiful one. The oil from the Cosco Busan spill no longer fills the water in every direction, though the south side of Alcatraz still reeks of diesel fuel. News of the disaster no … Read more

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