Take a look back at what was the largest oil spill in ... anniversary of the disaster. Tugboats hold the tanker Exxon Baton Rouge, right, up against the tanker Exxon Valdez as oil is pumped ...

Here’s what to know about the disaster that inspired federal reforms ... The accident, as noted by the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, came after the ship diverted from established ...

Other oil spills have exceeded the Exxon ... That effectively blocked the vessel from Alaskan waters. “Had a spill the extent of the Exxon Valdez disaster occurred off the United States East ...

The disaster threatened to wreak havoc in one ... He was a writer on the "People In Peril" series and covered the Exxon Valdez oil spill. He was co-editor of the "Lawless" series.

Gulf Spill Surpasses Exxon Valdez Spill as Worst in U.S. History President Obama called the Gulf Coast spill an "unprecedented disaster" as estimates for the leaking oil surpassed the Exxon Valdez ...

On that date, the Exxon Valdez ran aground ... judge ruled that the oil company had been negligent in its operations before the spill, considered the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history.

The recent death of Joseph Hazelwood, the captain of the Exxon Valdez, serves as an important reminder to Alaskans of the devastation of the 1989 oil spill disaster. Playwright Dick Reichman’s ...

dire new government estimates showed the disaster has easily eclipsed the Exxon Valdez as the biggest oil spill in U.S. history. The company announced late in the day that it had suspended ...

Recovery crews pick up dead sea otters along Green Island, Alaska, following the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William ... to $507 million in 2008. The disaster spurred the passage of the ...

The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council estimates the spill ... Hazelwood had not publicly apologized for his role in the disaster. “I’m sure deep down, he is very shameful,” Johnstone ...