The oil leak triggered by a deadly rig blast off the coast of Louisiana has the potential to cause more environmental damage than the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill, one of the largest ecological disasters ...

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

Nearly 20 years after the spill, scientists disagree on the progress made. Dec. 17, 2008— -- Next year will mark the 20th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill - perhaps the most notorious ...

Twenty-five years ago, on March 24, 1989, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground off the coast of Alaska, eventually spilling 11 million gallons of crude oil into the pristine waters of Prince ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Joseph Hazelwood, the captain of the Exxon Valdez oil tanker that ran aground more than three decades ago in Alaska, causing one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history, has ...

As a federal judge prepares to rule on a proposed settlement related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, attorneys were in his New Orleans courtroom Friday arguing over how to apply a law passed in ...

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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, ...

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 said, "There will be native Alaskans, sea otters, beavers marching into court for ...

"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 ...