Taxpayers, therefore, could be on the hook to cover a large proportion of the damage costs from a marine spill because oil ...

It may be a quarter century since the Exxon Valdez disaster, yet blobs of oil along Alaska's coastline look as fresh as if they'd been spilled less than two weeks ago. This remaining petroleum might ...

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, ...

The oil leak set off by a rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico could be more damaging to the environment than the infamous '89 disaster, say experts.