In 1994, a federal jury in Anchorage, Alaska, ordered Exxon Corp. to pay $5 billion in punitive damages for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, but the U.S Supreme Court later reduced that amount to ...

Updated: Aug. 3, 2010 In March 1989, the Exxon Valdez supertanker ran aground on Bligh Reef, ruptured and spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound.

Today’s youth might not regard Exxon Valdez the same way older generations do. In 2010, the spill was topped by the Deepwater Horizon disaster — an offshore rig that suffered an uncontrollable ...

The BP gulf spill is likely to be even worse. There are more than 9,000 miles of shoreline in the BP gulf spill region. Exxon Valdez oil spill costs exceeded $7 billion.

Long enough for children to have been born, grown and graduate from high school, for boats to have been scrapped or replaced, for marriages, divorces and career changes, and for a fair number of ...

The Exxon Valdez oil spill dumped about 11 million gallons of crude oil into the ocean near Alaska, devastating hundreds of thousands of animals. Dubacher said 20 bald eagles were brought from ...

The sinking of the M/V Lee Wang Zin in 1979 also cost all 30 crew members their lives. ... In this way, every good Alaskan knows something about the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, ...

In 1990, a scientist began visually documenting Prince William Sound’s recovery from the Exxon Valdez oil spill. When funding ran out, volunteers took over. By J. Besl/Hakai Magazine.

The biggest spills in history. Perhaps surprisingly, given its notoriety and impact on the shipping industry, the Exxon Valdez spill was only the 36th worst tanker oil spill yet recorded. The ...

Updated: Aug. 3, 2010 In March 1989, the Exxon Valdez supertanker ran aground on Bligh Reef, ruptured and spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound.

The Exxon Valdez oil spill dumped about 11 million gallons of crude oil into the ocean near Alaska, devastating hundreds of thousands of animals. Dubacher said 20 bald eagles were brought from ...