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1 Jun 2010, 1:31 pm
Under current law -- the Clean Water Act as amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, following the Exxon Valdez disaster -- a company that spills oil is subject to fines up to $1,000 per barrel, or up to $3,000 per barrel in the case of gross negligence. [read post]
30 May 2010, 3:12 pm
The Deepwater Horizon disaster has now surpassed the Exxon-Valdez oil spill, to become the single largest oil spill in the U.S. history. [read post]
26 May 2010, 2:59 am
Some have been at this job for more than 20 years, dating back to before the infamous Exxon Valdez spill of 1989.Like most scientists, they prefer to work quietly, leaving the press conferences and politics to state and local officials closer to the scene. [read post]
24 May 2010, 6:30 am
Bush, Bill was Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and his tenure encompassed the Exxon Valdez disaster. [read post]
11 May 2010, 7:31 am
(This means we will have surpassed the Exxon Valdez spill by mid-June if left unchecked.)The NYT, however, is reporting potentially higher numbers:BP told members of Congress the rate could be much, much higher: In a closed-door briefing for members of Congress, a senior BP executive conceded Tuesday that the ruptured oil well could conceivably spill as much as 60,000 barrels a day of oil, more than 10 times the estimate of the current flow. [read post]
7 May 2010, 11:00 pm
US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano stopped short of calling the BP oil spill "an unprecedented environmental disaster", but clearly, she and other Obama Administration officials are thinking that this problem could be the Nation's worst environmental calamity --- even dwarfing the Exxon Valdez spill. [read post]
7 May 2010, 1:07 pm
I’ve seen statements that the flow may have already exceeded the oil spilled by the Exxon Valdez, and that at the current rate, the Valdez spill will be matched in a month or so.And as bad as all this sounds, some perspective is helpful. [read post]
7 May 2010, 11:02 am
Legal wrangling from the Exxon-Valdez spill, which happened over 20 years ago, is still going on in federal court. [read post]
6 May 2010, 6:57 am
Section 1004 of the Oil Pollution Act (OPA), passed into law in August 1990 after the Exxon Valdez incident, limits the liability of holders of leases or permits for offshore facilities to $75 million per spill, plus removal costs. [read post]
5 May 2010, 2:59 am
And their oil spills are separated by 21 years of technology and human experience.The Exxon Valdez spill in 1989 was the largest in US history, resulting in a momentous and unprecedented cleanup and 20 years of scientific research into the short and long-term consequences. [read post]
4 May 2010, 8:51 am
" Now, we're still a little unsure whether Sen. [read post]
4 May 2010, 8:51 am
" Now, we're still a little unsure whether Sen. [read post]
4 May 2010, 7:52 am
Section 1004 of the Oil Pollution Act (OPA), passed into law in August 1990 after the Exxon Valdez incident, limits the liability of holders of leases or permits for offshore facilities to $75 million per spill, plus removal costs. [read post]
30 Apr 2010, 1:13 pm
In an April 29 letter to President Obama, Florida Democratic Senator Bill Nelson said, ". . .if the spill continues for a month it may be nearly as large as the Exxon Valdez. [read post]
20 Apr 2010, 12:41 pm
Berman represented plaintiffs in suits involving the Exxon Valdez oil spill and secured a $92 million settlement in securities litigation against Boeing. [read post]
16 Apr 2010, 6:39 am
Selna also designated counsel for the initial phase of the proceedings, naming three prominent trial lawyers and their firms with experience ranging from big tobacco litigation to the Enron Corp bankruptcy and claims arising from the Exxon Valdez oil spill. [read post]
23 Mar 2010, 5:44 am
That is, there was nothing there before the Exxon Valdez created the accident. [read post]
16 Dec 2009, 5:29 am
You're inheriting some kind of global warming problem and we're still trying to clean up those 11 million gallons of crude oil we dumped in Alaska from the Exxon Valdez. [read post]
20 Nov 2009, 9:10 am
Supreme Court decision that slashed the Exxon Valdez oil spill verdict, saying 30,000 victims could only get one-tenth of the jury’s award. [read post]
16 Jul 2009, 8:36 pm
And we're not alone. [read post]
