VALDEZ, AK - MARCH 31: Clouds hover over snowy peaks near Prince Willam Sound on March 31, 2004 near Valdez, Alaska. Fifteen years after the Exxon Valdez supertanker split open on a submerged reef and spilled 11 millions gallons of crude oil into Prince Willliam Sound on March 24, 1989, legal fights continue. Experts thought the crude would be gone by 1995 but oil still clings to rocks on once-pristine beaches where sea otters digging into relatively fresh oil are still unleashing toxins. Residents and scientists are pushing for a $100 million re-opener of the landmark $900 million civil settlement Exxon signed in 1991 to resolve environmental claims before it expires in 2006, amid fear that the Bush administration will not attempt to secure the additional $100 million. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)