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 ...

Some 11 million gallons of crude would leak out of the Exxon Valdez in what was then the largest oil spill in U.S. history, and one that Lawn had long warned could happen.

UNDATED (WKRC) - A non-profit organization uses an often discarded part of the body to clean up deadly oil spills: the hair on your head. No, they won't flip you over and use you like a mop ...

An offshore drilling rig in Mexican waters - the Ixtoc I - blew up in June 1979, releasing 140 million gallons of oil. Borenstein reported from Washington.

[1/2]Workers clean up oil following a spill from Exxon's Pegasus pipeline near Mayflower, Arkansas April 1, 2013. REUTERS/Greenpeace/Karen E. Segrave/Handout Purchase Licensing Rights ...

With its multibillion-dollar profits and the legacy of the 11-million-gallon Valdez oil tanker spill of 1989, Exxon Mobil offers an easy foil for a politician like Schweitzer.

One deals with the Exxon Valdez oil spill. The other: the death penalty for the rape of a child. NPR's Ari Shapiro covers legal issues, and this week, you're hearing him hosting this program.

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 disaster, the worst oil spill in U.S. history, prompted Congress to pass a law in 1990 banning single-hull tankers such as the Exxon Valdez from domestic waters by 2015.

There is no such thing as an easy oil spill to clean up once it exceeds a few thousand gallons. The current spill in the Gulf of Mexico is now making landfall on the Louisiana coast and is the ...