economic impacts

• wildlife cost is measured by the cost to get or rehabilitate them. the cost of losing 2,800 endangered species was $140 million and Exxon paid between $40,000 and $90,000 to rehabilitate them
• nearly 30 years after the spill, more than 20 acres of shoreline are still contaminated with 21,000 gallons of oil, and it is still just as toxic
• four species have not recovered, including a pod of killer whales that lost 14 members
• the oil is decomposing no more than 4% a year
• in 1991, following the collapse of the local marine population, an alaskan native corporation filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
• there was a loss of recreational sports, fisheries, reduced tourism