Exxon Valdez spill

Last push to find people owed money in Exxon Valdez suits

A settlement fund set up to pay plaintiffs from lawsuits stemming from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill still has about $1 million left to disperse.

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EXXON VALDEZ SPILL

Court OKs sending former Exxon Valdez to India scrapyard

In a defeat for an environmentalist, India's Supreme Court has ruled that the ship that spilled millions of gallons of oil in waters off Alaska in 1989 can be recycled in the nation's biggest scrapyard.
EXXON VALDEZ SPILL

Former Exxon Valdez remains controversial near its end

For the ship formerly known as the Exxon Valdez, even sailing quietly into the sunset is proving difficult. It's floating off India in a kind of high-seas limbo as a court decides whether it can be hacked apart in a forlorn ship graveyard.
EXXON VALDEZ SPILL

India's top court refuses entry to former Exxon Valdez tanker

India's Supreme Court has banned the former Exxon Valdez from entering India, saying the ship involved in one of the worst U.S. oil spills will not be allowed in for dismantling until it has been decontaminated.
EXXON VALDEZ SPILL

Exxon Valdez sold, likely destined for scrap heap

The notorious Exxon Valdez tanker, responsible for one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history two decades ago, has been bought by an Indian company almost certainly to be scrapped for its steel and spare parts.
EXXON VALDEZ SPILL

Cargo ship formerly known as Exxon Valdez sold for scrap

The former oil tanker made infamous in the 1989 Prince William Sound oil spill has been sold to a scrap dealer for $16 million. The ship was sold by Exxon in 2008 and three more times since then.
EXXON VALDEZ SPILL

Judge rejects Exxon attempt to stop new cleanup charges

A federal judge on Wednesday refused Exxon Mobil Corp.'s request that he declare government efforts to seek additional cleanup funds related to the Exxon Valdez oil spill a violation of a consent decree.
GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL

Psychological toll of Gulf spill resembles that of Exxon Valdez

A team that has spent two decades studying psychological distress among residents of Cordova after the Exxon Valdez oil spill has found striking similarities among those affected by the Deepwater Horizon spill.
EXXON VALDEZ SPILL

Judge won't force Exxon to pay for further oil spill cleanup

A U.S. District Court judge in Alaska on Monday rejected a request that he force Exxon Mobil Corp. to pay for cleanup of oil still remaining on the Prince William Sound shoreline from the 1989 Exxon Valdez tanker spill.
EXXON VALDEZ SPILL

Judge to mull Exxon spill case for a week

A federal judge said at a hearing Friday he wanted another week to consider the question of whether Exxon Mobil needs to pay additional fines and restoration money over lingering oil in Prince William Sound from the 1989 rupture of the Exxon Valdez.
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Court to hear arguments Friday on Exxon Valdez payment

Exxon Mobil Corp. says it has paid enough for the 1989 Alaska oil spill, but a judge will hear arguments Friday that the company still owes nearly $100 million to remove oil from the Prince William Sound shoreline.