Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Oil Vey! Exxon's Capitol Hill Shaming

Doug Kendall | Posted 07.24.2008 | Green


Doug Kendall

The people of Alaska are still feeling the financial impact of the spill nearly 20 years later, long after the three-year period covered by compensatory damages in the case.

When Harm Goes Unpunished: Why Congress Should Overturn the Supreme Court's Exxon Valdez Decision

Riki Ott | Posted 07.22.2008 | Green


Riki Ott

No community should have to go through what we have been through. Livelihoods have been lost, financial stress has broken families apart, and businesses supported by fishermen have crumbled.

Court Spares Exxon $2 Billion In Damages From Valdez Spill

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday slashed the $2.5 billion punitive damages award in the Exxon Valdez disaster to $500 million, a deci...

14 Years Later, Exxon Still Has Not Paid For Valdez Oil Spill

Washington Post | Robert Barnes | Posted 02.24.2008 | Politics


When a federal jury in Alaska in 1994 ordered Exxon to pay $5 billion to thousands of people who had their lives disrupted by the massive Exxon Valdez...


 

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