Shocking: 18 Years on and Exxon Still Won't Pay $2.5 Billion for Valdez Oil Spill
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Riki Ott, PhD, is a community activist, a former fisherm'am, and has a degree in marine toxicology with a specialty in oil pollution. She is the author of Sound Truth and Corporate Myth$: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill and author of the forthcoming book, Not One Drop: Promises, Betrayal, and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (Chelsea Green, 2008).
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