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New technology helps prepare for spills, explore coastal areas
On the last day of 2012, the oil-drilling rig Kulluk ran aground on Sitkalidak Island near Kodiak. The…
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Cook Inlet navigation: Is it really safe as can be?
Most people don’t think about the safety of marine navigation in Cook Inlet. They didn’t before the Exxon…
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Are we better prepared for big Cook Inlet spill?
Crude oil tankers and non crude fuel barges transit Cook Inlet all year round, and no one is…
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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez hit Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound — “fetched up,” in…
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Exxon Valdez oil spill: 25 years later
Truth is one of the first casualties of war, and in Alaska, truth was the first casualty of…
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After the spill: Sound ‘recovering’
BY MICHAEL ARMSTRONG STAFF WRITER Twenty-five years after the Exxon Valdez hit Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound…
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Residents still carry spill’s hurt
By McKibben Jackinsky Staff writer As word spread that the belly of the Exxon Valdez, a tanker carrying…
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Exxon Valdez oil spill response spurs area residents into action
Editor’s note: With 2014 marking the Homer News’ 50th anniversary, it’s the perfect time to look at Homer’s…
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Fireweed students give fresh eyes to a 25-year-old disaster
They might not have been born when it happened, but ask the fifth- and sixth-grade students at Fireweed…
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Major spill response drill held at Valdez oil terminal
A two-day oil spill containment and cleanup drill at the Valdez Marine Terminal took place June 12-13. Spill…
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Multi-agency team finds options to reduce oil spills in Cook Inlet
The Cook Inlet Risk Assessment Advisory Team recently identified eight oil spill risk reduction options it feels could…
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Where were spill response vessels?
In regarding the inability to address pollution from the Jakolof Bay incident, the public needs to be aware…
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Cook Inlet advisory council recertified by Coast Guard
The Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council has earned U.S. Coast Guard recertification for another year. This certification…