Can you believe that it's been 17 years and Exxon Mobil still hasn't paid the money it owes to the Alaskan communities devastated by the Exxon Valdez oil spill?

On Friday, March 24th, please join us in commemorating the anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill by calling Exxon Mobil to demand payment for the spill victims.

It will only take two minutes to call - just dial 1-972-444-1000.

Click the button below for talking points and to report that you made the call.

Make the Call

http://action.truemajority.org/campaign/exxonvaldez/in6wbis4z5b6eid?

Twelve years of legal appeals by a battalion of Exxon Mobil lawyers has added salt to the wounds of the 30,000 fishermen, Native Alaskans and others who suffered not just health and financial losses but also witnessed the death and maiming of thousands of oil coated seabirds, bald eagles, sea otters, seals and orca whales.

Billions of salmon and herring eggs were destroyed and like many of the species, have yet to recover. Bob Van Brocklin, generational fisherman and then-mayor of the hard hit town of Cordova, took his own life after four years of watching the ecological and financial wreckage and going into bankruptcy himself.

Please join us in commemorating this environmental travesty on Friday March 24, 2006 by calling 1-972-444-1000 and tell Exxon Mobil that after 17 years, it’s time to settle up with the community.

Make the Call

In 1994 a U.S. District Court held Exxon accountable for $5.3 billion in punitive damages for recklessness, an award that dropped only slightly to $4.5 billion after two fierce appeals. Meanwhile, 3,000 plaintiffs have died while waiting for compensation and Exxon Mobil has become the nation’s most profitable company, raking in a record $36 billion in profits in 2005.

The courts, the media and the public are weary with Exxon Mobil’s foot dragging tactics. Let YOUR call be the final straw that pushes the company to pull out and avoid more bad press around the tragedy.

Please forward this message to your friends and family and ask them to join you in holding Exxon Mobil accountable for the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

Thanks for your help.

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