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Pathetic Justice Supreme Court slashes Exxon's punitive damages for Valdez oil spill		25 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 10:37 AM on 25 Jun 2008 ExxonMobil is off the hook for billions in punitive damages related to the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. In 1994, the oil giant was ordered to pay $5 billion in punitive damages. In 2006, that amount was cut to $2.5 billion. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court slashed the amount once again, to $507.5 million. By a 5-3 vote (Exxon stockholder Samuel Alito sat out), the court reasoned ...
Topics: Alaska, Big Oil, energy, insanity, litigation, news, oil, politics (all these topics)

The Damages Done Exxon will try to convince Supreme Court it's paid enough for oil spill		26 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 9:58 AM on 26 Feb 2008 On Wednesday, Exxon Mobil Corp. will try to convince the U.S. Supreme Court that it should not have to pay $2.5 billion in punitive damages to Alaskan folk affected by the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. Exxon, which earlier this month posted an annual profit of $40.6 billion, will argue that the $3.4 billion or so that it's paid in cleanup costs and other fines should totally ...
Topics: Alaska, Big Oil, energy, news, oil, water pollution (all these topics)

Oopsy Daisy Alaskan study says 2 million gallons of oil, seawater spilled over 10 years		13 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Oopsy Daisy Alaskan study says 2 million gallons of oil, seawater spilled over 10 years Did you hear about the 2-million-gallon spill in the Alaskan tundra? No, you didn't, because it happened slowly, from different sources, over the course of 10 years. A study by the state's Department of Environmental Conservation says spills on the North Slope between 1995 and 2005 included a 994,40 ...
Topics: Alaska, Big Oil, energy, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, wildlife (all these topics)

When Teshekpuk Comes to Shove Sensitive Alaska wetlands spared from drilling plan -- for now		25 Sep 2006	Daily Grist
When Teshekpuk Comes to Shove Sensitive Alaska wetlands spared from drilling plan -- for now In good news for conservationists, the Department of Interior has announced willingness to exclude the sensitive Teshekpuk Lake wetlands from a region of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska that it wants to open to oil and natural-gas drilling. The move has little to ...
Topics: Alaska, Department of Interior, energy, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, wetlands, wildlife (all these topics)

Put That in Your Pipe and Spill It BP spills in California, wants to open Alaska pipelines		13 Sep 2006	Daily Grist
Put That in Your Pipe and Spill It BP spills in California, wants to open Alaska pipelines Beleaguered oil giant BP has admitted to yet another misdeed: a leak of 1,000 barrels of refined petro-product from an underground pipeline at the port of Long Beach, Calif. About 870 barrels had been recovered as of yesterday; authorities believe the leak did not taint water or ground soil. "We're pleased that there was ...
Topics: Alaska, California, energy, news, oil (all these topics)

Unto the Lease of These Judge halts oil lease sale to protect Alaskan wetlands		08 Sep 2006	Daily Grist
Unto the Lease of These Judge halts oil lease sale to protect Alaskan wetlands Ruling that the Bush administration failed to properly consider the impact of oil development on sensitive wetlands, a U.S. district judge has temporarily blocked an upcoming Alaska oil-lease sale of about 1.7 million acres. The Bushies had heard the call of up to 2 billion barrels of oil beneath the permaf ...
Topics: Alaska, energy, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, wetlands, wildlife (all these topics)

The Definition of Insanity Bush administration will open 8 million Alaskan acres to oil drilling		25 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
The Definition of Insanity Bush administration will open 8 million Alaskan acres to oil drilling As only makes sense following a disaster in northern Alaska involving oil spills and corroded pipelines, the Bush administration next month plans to open 8 million northwestern Alaska acres to oil and natural gas development. The area, in the National Petroleum Reserve, co ...
Topics: Alaska, Bureau of Land Management, energy, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, wildlife (all these topics)

God Hates BP BP hits more snafus in Prudhoe Bay		25 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
God Hates BP BP hits more snafus in Prudhoe Bay Beleaguered oil giant BP has halted leak testing on pipelines in Alaska's Prudhoe Bay oil field after learning that workers may have been exposed to asbestos. Since a major spill in the oil field in early March, as many as 200 workers have been stripping insulation off of corroded pipelines to ready them for leak testing. Asbestos, which can cause lung disease or cancer if ...
Topics: Alaska, energy, news, oil, toxics (all these topics)

Hey Man, Nice DOT More Alaska drilling proposed as DOT considers new pipeline regulations		17 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
Hey Man, Nice DOT More Alaska drilling proposed as DOT considers new pipeline regulations Spurred by oil giant BP's many Alaska leaks, the Department of Transportation will soon propose tighter rules for minor petroleum pipelines. BP's North Slope lines were exempt from certain federal regulations because they operated at low pressure in a rural area, and weren't near commercially navigable waters. ...
Topics: Alaska, Department of Transportation, energy, news, oil (all these topics)

So Much For 'Beyond Petroleum' BP pipeline fubar fallout continues		10 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
So Much For "Beyond Petroleum" BP pipeline fubar fallout continues Oil giant BP is weathering a ginormous poopstorm over its discovery of severe corrosion in an Alaskan oil pipeline and subsequent announcement that it would shut down its entire Prudhoe Bay oil field -- 8 percent of total U.S. production -- while it repaired the damage, which could take until January 2007. Alaska governor Frank Murkowski, whose state co ...
Topics: Alaska, energy, news, oil (all these topics)

Wouldn't Be Prudhoe BP shuts down major Alaskan oil field; poop to hit fan		07 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
Wouldn't Be Prudhoe BP shuts down major Alaskan oil field; poop to hit fan Oil giant BP will temporarily shut down production at its Prudhoe Bay oil field, after "unexpectedly severe corrosion" and a small spill were discovered in an oil transit line on Sunday. That could mean trouble: the Prudhoe field represents nearly half the production from Alaska's North Slope, some 400,000 barrels a day, about 8 percent of total ...
Topics: Alaska, energy, news, oil (all these topics)

Nothing to Seep Here, Folks BP shuts down wells on North Slope after whistleblowers report leaks		19 Jul 2006	Daily Grist
Nothing to Seep Here, Folks BP shuts down wells on North Slope after whistleblowers report leaks Oil giant BP is voluntarily shutting down 12 oil wells on Alaska's North Slope after employees alleged they were leaking. Whistleblowers told London's Financial Times that in some places, insulating material used to keep pipes from freezing -- usually crude oil or diesel -- had spilled onto the tundra. BP spokesflack Daren Beaudo sai ...
Topics: Alaska, energy, news, oil (all these topics)

My Name Is Prince and I Am Gunky Exxon Valdez disaster still screwing up Prince William Sound		18 May 2006	Daily Grist
My Name Is Prince and I Am Gunky Exxon Valdez disaster still screwing up Prince William Sound Wildlife in Alaska's Prince William Sound is still threatened by oil spilled from the tanker Exxon Valdez in 1989. According to a new study by researchers at the National Marine Fisheries Service, some 100 tons of oil still pollute the sound shoreline and are potentially accessible to forag ...
Topics: Alaska, energy, National Marine Fisheries Service, news, oil, wildlife (all these topics)

Corrode to Perdition BP closes two more North Slope pipelines		09 May 2006	Daily Grist
Corrode to Perdition BP closes two more North Slope pipelines Oil giant -- oops, beyond oil giant -- BP is shutting down two more of its pipelines on Alaska's North Slope, at the expense of 22,000 barrels of crude (worth some $1.5 million) a day. Neither pipe had leaked yet, but BP officials have been monitoring serious corrosion problems, treating the pipes with chemicals to prevent further deterioration. The two pipes will lik ...
Topics: Alaska, energy, news, oil (all these topics)

A Fit of Leak Another BP pipeline leaks in Alaska		18 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
A Fit of Leak Another BP pipeline leaks in Alaska Hot on the heels of last month's big oil spill, British petro-giant -- sorry, beyond-petro giant -- BP has confirmed that another pipeline ruptured on Alaska's North Slope on April 6, leaking 12,000 cubic feet of natural gas. The leak occurred at the same Prudhoe Bay oilfield as last month's 200,000-gallon oil spill, but was small enough th ...
Topics: Alaska, commercial and industry organizations, energy, news, oil (all these topics)

How Not to Prove Your Innocence BP under criminal investigation for oil pipeline problems in Alaska		06 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
How Not to Prove Your Innocence BP under criminal investigation for oil pipeline problems in Alaska When your massively profitable oil company is under criminal investigation by the U.S. government for possible violations of the Clean Water Act, it's not a good idea to spill tens of thousands of gallons of crude onto the Alaskan tundra. So oopsie at BP. Turns out that fe ...
Topics: Alaska, commercial and industry organizations, energy, news, oil, renewable energy (all these topics)

The Leak Shall Inhibit the Earth Northern Alaska pipeline leak may rank as one of region's largest		10 Mar 2006	Daily Grist
The Leak Shall Inhibit the Earth Northern Alaska pipeline leak may rank as one of region's largest Cleanup crews have been working in subzero temperatures to sop up crude oil and soiled snow near northern Alaska's Prudhoe Bay after what looks to be one of the largest spills ever in the region. The source of the crud(e) was discovered last Thursday by a BP oil worker: a quarter-inch rupture in the trans-Alaska ...
Topics: Alaska, energy, land degradation, news, oil (all these topics)

OK, We'll Just Drill Over Here Instead Bush administration opens up Alaska wildlife habitat to drilling		12 Jan 2006	Daily Grist
OK, We'll Just Drill Over Here Instead Bush administration opens up Alaska wildlife habitat to drilling The Bush administration's lust for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge having gone unrequited, it's going to stick its derricks in some sloppy seconds: The Department of Interior is opening up hundreds of thousands of acres of other Alaskan wildlife habitat to dri ...
Topics: Alaska, Arctic Refuge, Department of Interior, energy, news, oil, oil and gas drilling (all these topics)

Don't Be Such a Prudhoe American oil supplies well past peak		10 Jun 2005	Daily Grist
Don't Be Such a Prudhoe American oil supplies well past peak America's domestic oil supplies are tapping out. At Alaska's massive Prudhoe Bay field, output has dropped nearly 75 percent since 1987 highs. With mega-developing nations India and China gobbling up the world's spare oil supply and U.S. demand still rising, engineers are now going after poorer grades of oil once considered uneconomical. But that gunky ...
Topics: Alaska, energy, news, oil, United States (all these topics)

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