(March 28, 2011) Toxic oil continues to poison the rocky beaches of Prince William Sound 22 years after the Valdez spill. In Arctic waters, where cleanup technology doesn't even exist yet, recovering from a similar disaster could take a century," said Richard Charter, senior policy advisor for Marine Programs with Defenders of Wildlife. "Drilling in the Arctic puts a pristine marine environment at risk of long-term, and even permanent, damage. Unless we use the tragic lessons of past oil spill disasters to inform our policy decisions going forward, we will see the same tragedy played out on a different stage." - Defenders of Wildlife