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And we've made some things worse: The massive $400 million spill-research boom in the Sound brought its own unanticipated injury, through intrusive sampling methods and the swarms of scientists, tent camps, boats and planes now in the Sound much of the year. It's as if we have confused science with restoration, knowledge with healing.
A spill such as this could happen again in Alaska; it could happen in Puget Sound. Despite precautions, major oil spills continue all over the world -- Spain, France, Scotland, Pakistan.
Here in Alaska, when we see the images of yet another oil spill, we get it, at a visceral level: This isn't just an echo of our past. It's a reminder to all of us who live near and care for precious coastal areas that another tragedy could happen any day.
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