The Exxon Valdez oil spill dumped about 11 million gallons of crude oil into the ocean near Alaska, devastating hundreds of thousands of animals. Dubacher said 20 bald eagles were brought from ...

This week marks the anniversary of the Exxon Valdez spill, which shocked the US public with images of oil-covered Alaskan wildlife and spurred reform.

More than two decades have passed since an Exxon tanker ran aground in Alaska, the effects of the spill are still visible in the area and many cannot help but draw comparisons between Exxon Valdez ...

On this day in 1989, the notorious oil tanker Exxon Valdez entered an Diego Bay without incident and docked at NASSCO for a $25 million repair job. The Valdez, built here and launched in 1986, had … ...

Tugboats hold the tanker Exxon Baton Rouge, right, up against the tanker Exxon Valdez as oil is pumped out of the damaged tanker that ran aground 25 miles from Valdez, Alaska, on Mar. 24, 1989 ...

Joseph Hazelwood, who captained the Exxon Valdez when it ran aground in 1989 and unleashed almost 11 million gallons of oil off of Alaska, has died. He was 75. Hazelwood died in July of a combinati… ...

Joseph Hazelwood, the infamous captain of a tanker vessel that ran aground off Alaska in 1989 and created one of the worst oil spills in human history, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 75.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Joseph Hazelwood, the captain of the Exxon Valdez that grounded on Alaska’s Bligh Reef in 1989, causing one of the nation’s worst oil spills, has died. A nephew, Sam ...