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Twenty years since the Exxon Valdez tanker ran aground on the night of Mar. 24, 1989 - spilling nearly 11 million gallons of crude oil, which would coat 1,300 miles of coastline - Alaska's Prince William Sound is still feeling the effects. Despite the extensive, years-long clean-up effort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Remembering the Lessons of the Exxon Valdez | 3/24/2009 | See Source »

Another catastrophic spill or accident notwithstanding, even the work of setting up offshore oil drilling could impact the marine environment. The oil industry uses seismic blasts as part of initial exploration, and environmentalists fear that sound waves could harm nearby fish. But if there were an accident on the scale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Remembering the Lessons of the Exxon Valdez | 3/24/2009 | See Source »

But could this politically backed, popularly supported solar surge spiral into eco-disaster? That's what some say is happening to the Carrisa Plains, a sparsely populated swath of arid, sunny and relatively cheap land in eastern San Luis Obispo County, where three of the world's largest solar plants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Solar Power: Eco-Friendly or Environmental Blight? | 3/24/2009 | See Source »

On March 19, Chacón told Spanish soldiers at a base in Istok that they and the rest of Spain's more than 600 troops who have formed part of the NATO peacekeeping forces (KFOR) in Kosovo since 1999 had finished their work. Once Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spain's Withdrawal from Kosovo Angers Allies | 3/24/2009 | See Source »

Haute couture is a small part of a modern fashion house's income - just a way to get publicity for the brand. The real money is in the accessories: handbags, shoes, perfume. But the old-school Valentino declares that his gift is "to design and to create dresses. I always...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ode to a Fashion Legend, Valentino: The Last Emperor | 3/18/2009 | See Source »

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