“When we heard on the radio that an oil tanker, the Exxon Valdez, had run aground ... was harshly criticised for its response to the spill and spent years fighting lawsuits filed by the many ...

14, 1998 photo. State officials say pink salmon have not yet recovered from the effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill 10 years ago. Crews use high pressured hoses to blast the rocks on this ...

This week marks the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with correspondents Jeff Brady and Debbie Elliott about the accident and the lessons learned.

Each rainfall brings the next batch of spilled oil and grease," said Charles Peterson, a University of North Carolina marine ecologist who has studied the effects of the Exxon Valdez spill for two ...

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 ...

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 ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Before the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico, there was the Exxon Valdez disaster ... from this is that the chronic effects of oil in the environment ...

An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the Exxon Valdez spill was the worst oil spill in North America until the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident. It was the worst spill in U.S ...