Tagged With Alaska
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Court orders Exxon to pay $507.5 million for 1989 spill 1
Posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago
A US federal appeals court on Monday ordered Exxon Mobil Corp. to pay $507.5 million in punitive damages plus interest for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill off Alaska.
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Reconsider, baby, reconsider
Palin says global warming harms Alaska, still wants to drill 1
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Palin said climate change is harming her state but increased natural gas production could lessen its effects. She wasn’t so much abandoning “drill, baby, drill” as she was offering a new rationale for it.
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Roe is Me!
The Fishery That’s Too Big to Fail 0
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Lessons from the Exxon Valdez
Twenty years after the biggest oil spill in the U.S., we still have a lot to learn 0
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago Tuesday marks 20 years since the Exxon Valdez dumped nearly 11 million of gallons of crude oil into Alaskan waters, resulting in the most severe impacts on the environment of any spill anywhere. I was there and will attest to the graveness of the situation then, and now -- my memories of that day are graphic. I boarded the tanker a few hours after the spill began to enforce clean-up standards. The pungent, toxic smell of the oil is still fresh in my memory today ...
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Ashley Judd and Defenders of Wildlife want you to know that Sarah Palin still hates wolves 10
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Alaska Dem. kicks off Congress with call for ANWR drilling 3
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You haven’t heard the last of me, you meddling kids! 0
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago -
Holding Down the Beaufort
Shell Oil can’t drill in Alaska’s Beaufort Sea, says appeals court 0
Posted 7 months, 2 weeks ago -
Even Stevens?
Sen. Ted Stevens officially loses reelection bid 5
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Bristol Bay May Get Knocked Up
BLM opens land near Alaska’s Bristol Bay to development 0
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Slope It Up
Lots of natural gas is chillin’ on Alaska’s North Slope, says USGS 3
Posted 7 months, 3 weeks ago -
Governating Alaska: not as fun when oil revenues are down 0
Posted 7 months, 3 weeks ago -
On the Road
Congress to vote on clearing way for road through remote wildlife refuge 1
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Merkley triumphs in Oregon; three other races still undecided 0
Posted 8 months ago -
Sarah Palin on spreading the oil wealth in Alaska 3
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Longest-serving Republican in Senate found guilty of concealing gifts on disclosure forms 1
Posted 8 months, 1 week ago -
Ted's Not-So-Excellent Adventure
Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens found guilty on corruption charges 3
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I Can See Russia From My Sea!
Migrating pollock could endanger Alaskan fishery, international relations 2
Posted 8 months, 2 weeks ago -
Boogie Woogie, Beluga Boy
Belugas listed as endangered over Sarah Palin’s objections 1
Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago -
Most ubiquitous fish in American diet 50 percent below last year’s levels 3
Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago