March 24, 1989 The Exxon Valdez oil tanker was carrying more than 50 million gallons of crude oil when it left Valdez, Alaska, on March 23, 1989. Around midnight, the vessel struck a reef ...

Exxon Corp. said Monday that it will pay at least $1.28 billion for damages and cleanup from the massive Exxon Valdez oil spill amid indications that the company`s final bill could be several ...

On Mar. 24, 1989, nearly 11 million gallons of crude oil gushed out of the Exxon Valdez oil tanker off the coast of Alaska. Take a look back at what was the largest oil spill in U.S. history at ...

The story of what happened after the giant ship, nearly 1,000 feet long, left the dock is documented by Angela Day in her new book “Red Light to Starboard: Recalling the Exxon Valdez Disaster ...

Remembering the Exxon Valdez oil spill Sunday marks 30 years since an Exxon Shipping Co. tanker ran aground outside the town of Valdez, Alaska in the early morning hours of March 24, 1989.

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 ...

Exxon Mobil Corp. must pay victims of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill $ ... The decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals more than doubles the oil giant’s costs ...

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Ruling Stuns Alaska Victims. Associated Press. Published June 26, ... had said punitive damages would be excessive punishment on top of the $3.4 billion in cleanup costs, ...

Oil spilled by the Exxon Valdez 17 years ago extends farther into Alaska's tidal waters than previously thought and could be causing longterm harm to wildlife, a study concludes.

Making headlines this morning, Exxon Mobil could be on the hook to pay up to $100 million more for damages related to the 1989 Exxon Valdez tanker spill. Sources in media reports say the ...

The Long Island-based captain of the Exxon Valdez oil tanker that ran aground off Alaska in 1989, causing one of the worst environmental disasters in the country's history -- has died, according ...

The Exxon Valdez oil spill. ... March 24, 1989 The Exxon Valdez oil tanker was carrying more than 50 million gallons of crude oil when it left Valdez, Alaska, on March 23, 1989.