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Robert F. Kennedy's daughter sided with Ecuadorean Indians and farmers in their $27 billion environmental lawsuit against oil giant Chevron, saying Thursday after visiting former Amazon drilling sites that the case compares unfavorably to the 1989 Exxon Valdez tanker spill.
Oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. has decided not to appeal hundreds of millions of dollars in interest on punitive damages resulting from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill.
Exxon Mobil Corp. was ordered Monday to pay about $500 million in interest on punitive damages for the Exxon Valdez oil spill off Alaska, nearly doubling the payout to Alaska Natives, fishermen, business owners and others harmed by the 1989 disaster.
For Steve Smith, the 20-year anniversary of the nation's worst oil spill is like a reminder that he lost a loved one.
Twenty years after the Exxon Valdez spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil in Alaska's Prince William Sound, oil persists in the region and, in some places, "is nearly as toxic as it was the first few weeks after the spill," according to the council overseeing restoration efforts.
A federal judge has rejected a seafood company's request to rewrite a plan for dividing punitive damages to be awarded from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to decide whether Exxon Mobil Corp. must pay interest on punitive damages awarded in the nation's worst oil spill.
Mike Lytle, a third-generation fisherman from the coastal village of Cordova, said many residents there were walking around stunned, shaking their heads.
Reaction to Wednesday's ruling in which the Supreme Court cut a $2.5 billion damage award to $500 million in the Exxon Valdez oil spill case in Alaska:
The Supreme Court on Wednesday slashed the $2.5 billion punitive damages award in the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster to $500 million.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday cut the $2.5 billion punitive damages award in the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster to $500 million.
The Supreme Court seemed inclined Wednesday to let Exxon Mobil Corp. off the hook for some of the $2.5 billion the energy giant was ordered to pay as punishment for a massive oil spill in Alaska nearly 19 years ago.
The Supreme Court meets Wednesday morning to hand down opinions and hear arguments in a case about the Exxon Valdez disaster.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed inclined to reduce the $2.5 billion award of punitive damages to victims of the Exxon Valdez disaster.
For many in this coastal town, the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster was an event so crushing that hard-bitten fishermen still get teary-eyed recalling ruined livelihoods, broken marriages and suicides.
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether Exxon Mobil Corp. should pay $2.5 billion in punitive damages to victims of the huge Exxon Valdez oil spill that fouled more than 1,200 miles of Alaskan coastline in 1989.
Oil spilled by the Exxon Valdez 17 years ago extends farther into Alaska's tidal waters than previously thought and could be causing long-term harm to wildlife, a study concludes.
Niger Delta StandoffBehind fighter-planes and gunboats, Nigerian forces launched a full-scale offensive in the Niger Delta on May 13, displacing 30,000 people and sparking a humanitarian crisis.
A Year of Revolutions: How 1989 changed the worldI never realized how much happened in 1989. This covers the fall of the berlin wall to rave culture, Its another excellent piece done by TIME.
Exxon Valdez spill payments reach claimants: Exxon Valdez spill | adn.comAfter 20 years, Exxon is finally paying out damages to the surviving human victims of the oil spill. The amount is an insult for the families who lost their livelihood. This is a great example of big business versus the little guy. What a shame!
Thaw of polar regions may need new U.N. lawsBy Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent OSLO (Reuters) - A new set of United Nations laws may be needed to regulate new Arctic industries such as shipping and oil exploration as climate change melts the ice around the North Pole, legal experts said on Sunday.
Exxon Valdez ruling worries environmental watchdogsWill the U.S. Supreme Court decision to slash the punitive damages award in the Exxon Valdez case embolden oil companies to take shortcuts that put the environment at risk?
Sonar Enters Third DimensionToday's standard sonar, a depthsounder, only communicates the distance to the sea-floor directly beneath a ship.
KTUU.com | Alaska's news and information source | Court reduces Exxon Valdez damages 80 percentThe whole mess is a tragedy and demonstrates our government is not "of the people" or "by the people". Sadly it is "of the corporations" and "for the corporations".
Supreme Court slashes $2.5B Exxon Valdez awardThe U.S. Supreme Court's decision Wednesday slashing the damages Exxon Mobil (XOM) must pay as a result of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill could have unexpectedly wide-ranging consequences.
After 19 years, Supreme Court to decide punitive damages in Exxon Valdez caseWASHINGTON — Nineteen years after an Exxon oil tanker hit a reef and spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil in Alaska's Prince William Sound, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the final lawsuit lingering from one of the nation's worst environmental disasters.
18 Years Later and Exxon Still Won't Pay for Valdez Oil SpillThe Supreme Court's recent decision to hear ExxonMobil's reasons to void the $2.5 billion punitive award in the Exxon Valdez case hit the town of Cordova, Alaska, hard.
An oil spill far larger than the Valdez disaster; and yet, nearly unreported. The Exxon Valdez disaster is certainly the most notorious oil spill in the United States — a single, terrible accident that poured 11 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound 1989, causing grievous damage to Alaska's waters and beyond. But it is not the largest.
Corporate Shape-Shifting: Is its End Near?At a time when corporations resemble lawless gangs, bringing them to justice for felony and capital crimes has been all but impossible.
18 years on, Exxon Valdez oil still pours into Alaskan waters"Crude oil is still polluting Alaskan waters almost 18 years after the tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground, according to a study by US government scientists to be published in two weeks.
Oh Please, Not Another Exxon ValdezLooking into the ban on oil and gas drilling in Alaska being lifted by the Bush Government
Court Cuts Valdez Judgment Against Exxon12-22) 20:09 PST SAN FRANCISCO, (AP) -- A federal appeals court on Friday cut in half a $5 billion jury award for punitive damages against Exxon Mobil Corp. in the 1989 Valdez oil spill that smeared black goo across roughly 1,500 miles of Alaskan coastline.
Senators urge Exxon to pay up for Valdez spillTwo dozen U.S. senators have sent a letter to the CEO of Exxon Mobil urging the oil giant to negotiate or pay up on the $4.5 billion punitive damages judgment stemming from the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
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