Direct costs of a major oil spill could range up to $4.7 billion, which exceeds available compensation funds by over $3 ...

Caption: In this April 21, 1989, file photo, crews use high pressured hoses to blast the rocks on this beachfront on Naked Island, Alaska. Just after midnight on March 24, 1989, an Exxon Shipping Co.

Images of the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster — seabirds coated in oil, the black slick lapping the once-pristine shores — have become visual shorthand for the consequences of a major spill.

When he filed the first major lawsuit after the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, famed California lawyer Melvin Belli proclaimed, with a measure of glee, "There will be native Alaskans, sea otters, ...

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 notorious ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Joseph Hazelwood, the captain of the Exxon Valdez oil tanker that ran aground more than three decades ago in Alaska, causing one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history, has ...

"Tenth anniversary edition"--Bk. jacket. The 1990 edition is updated with cause, long-term effects, the 1993 blockade by fisherman, and the billion dollar settlement with Alaska. The new "Tenth ...

Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer accused Exxon Mobil Wednesday of making false claims about the environmental safety of its oil pipeline in the Yellowstone River before and after a July 1 spill.