On March 24, 1989, just after midnight, a massive oil tanker ran aground in one of the most pristine marine environments in ...

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.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is not shy about voicing her opinions to national audiences, headlining big-ticket political events and exposing her family ...

Spotlighting the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill In advance of the Feb. 27 arguments in the punitive damages case Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker, an effort has been launched to remind the public (if not the ...

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 ...

CHICAGO - One of the last two sea otters rescued from the Exxon Valdez oil spill off Alaska's coast in 1989 has been euthanized at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium, officials said Wednesday. Kenai was ...

When the Exxon Valdez dumped more than 10 million gallons of oil into the Prince William Sound, “Yellowfish” author John Keeble received a call from his then-Harper & Row editor Ted Solotaroff asking ...

Here’s a look at oil spill disasters. Spill estimates vary by source. Ten Largest Oil Spills 1. January 1991 – During the Gulf War, Iraqi forces intentionally release 252-336 million gallons of oil ...

When the oil tanker Exxon Valdez missed a critical turn in Alaska’s Prince William Sound, millions of gallons of crude spilled into the sea. This video breaks down the navigation decisions, human ...

The Stewart C. Meyer Library in Harker Heights hold classes designed to accommodate home-schooled students and Wednesday the lesson was about an oil-spill. The book, “Oil Spill!” by Melvin Berger, ...

NEW ORLEANS — Restoring one of the nation’s major cities will be no easy task — especially when its citizens are dispersed all over the country, oil spills are 80 percent the size of the Exxon Valdez ...