Taxpayers, therefore, could be on the hook to cover a large proportion of the damage costs from a marine spill because oil ...

WASHINGTON — Seventeen years after the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Alaska’s Prince William Sound, compelling new evidence suggests that remnants of the worst oil spill in U.S. history extend farther ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Before the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico, there was the Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska, at the time the nation's largest oil spill.

When he filed the first major lawsuit after the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, famed California lawyer Melvin Belli said, "There will be native Alaskans, sea otters, beavers marching into court for ...

The current drama over the Gulf oil spill reminds me of an article some years ago saying that, despite millions spent on massive coastline cleanup following the Exxon Valdez disaster ... The current ...

In this Our Changing Climate environmental video essay, I look at the social and environmental impacts of ExxonMobil's vast ...

When he filed the first major lawsuit after the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, famed California lawyer Melvin Belli proclaimed, with a measure of glee, "There will be native Alaskans, sea otters, ...

"Tenth anniversary edition"--Bk. jacket. The 1990 edition is updated with cause, long-term effects, the 1993 blockade by fisherman, and the billion dollar settlement with Alaska. The new "Tenth ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Joseph Hazelwood, ...

India’s Supreme Court has allowed the Exxon Valdez, which caused one of the worst U.S. oil spills, to be dismantled in the country but required the owner to pay for disposal of any toxic materials ...

Every day, millions of gallons of oil move from the Arctic through the trans-Alaska pipeline to the small coastal town of Valdez, 600 miles away. There, high above the waters of Prince William Sound, ...

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