FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - On March 24 of 1989, the supertanker Exxon Valdez struck the Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound.
The Greek-flagged, Sounion was first attacked on Aug. 21 with small arms, projectiles, and a drone boat by the Iran-backed group.
Twenty years ago, the single-hulled Exxon Valdez tanker collided with the Bligh Reef in Alaska, spilling 11 million gallons of crude oil into the pristine and ...
and that’s how I happened to volunteer during the devastating Exxon Valdez oil spill. We wanted to trade in a spooky horse, so my sister Miki walked him out on the 150-mile trail while I ran ...
For instance, the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989 in Alaska’s Prince William Sound released approximately 11 million gallons of crude oil. This disaster devastated the local ecosystem ...
The use of dispersants is an oil-spill response method outlined in a set of federal ... and that plan didn’t incorporate lessons learned from the Exxon Valdez disaster that occurred more than 30 years ...
Dialogues program is Tuesday, Nov. 2 at Shepherd of the Hill Church, Chaska. Guest speakers are Richard Krajeski and Kristina Peterson, pastors and disaster resource ...
Instead of mitigating environmental harm, these chemical dispersants have proven to be more toxic to humans and the environment than oil alone ... long-term ecosystem studies following the Exxon ...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An oil tanker that ... had warned that a spill from the Sounion would have been “four times the size of the Exxon Valdez disaster” in 1989 off Alaska.
An oil tanker attacked by ... and the risk to global shipping lanes. A spill of this magnitude could have rivaled the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster, devastating ecosystems and threatening economic ...