Alaska officials said on Friday that up to 267,000 gallons (6,357 barrels) of crude oil poured out of a pipeline at the Prudhoe Bay field, making it the largest oil spill ever recorded on the state's North Slope.

This is what environmentalists have been dreading for years. Since the Bush government's proposed opening up
of the "last frontier" to oil and gas companies the activist have been arguing about the environment impact.
Though spills are accidental and can happen anywhere, this could be the harbinger of things to come.

Its quite ironic that both the Sierra Club and GreenPeace failed to pick up this breaking news as of this moment. Hurry up folks!