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 Exxon Corp. is resigning from the National Wildlife Federation's corporate advisory panel,
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the conservation group has been unfairly critical of the Exxon Valdez oil spill along the Alaskan coast.
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 The federation said Friday 
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that it regrets the resignation,
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 but issued a stinging response 
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that called Exxon a corporate pariah 
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that should keep an open dialogue with environmentalists.
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 The federation, with 5.8 million members nationwide, has been one of the sharpest critics of Exxon's handling of the 11 million gallon tanker spill
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 and has accused the company of repeatedly ignoring requests 
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to meet
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 and discuss it.
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 The March 24 oil spill soiled hundreds of miles of shoreline along Alaska's southern coast 
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and wreaked havoc with wildlife and the fishing industry.
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 Exxon's Exxon USA unit was one of the charter members of the Corporate Conservation Council, a panel of executives 
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formed in 1982 by the National Wildlife Federation 
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to foster frank and open discussions between industry and the federation's leaders.
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 In a letter to the federation, Raymond Campion, Exxon's environmental coordinator, said:
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regarding the Valdez oil spill 
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have failed to demonstrate any sense of objectivity or fairness.
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 The federation was among the plaintiffs in a lawsuit 
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filed in August against Exxon 
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seeking full payment of environmental recovery costs from the spill.
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