Exxon Valdez disaster News

Nornickel Draws Up Permafrost Monitoring Plan After Arctic Fuel Spill

MOSCOW, July 2 — Russia’s Norilsk Nickel , a major global nickel and palladium producer, has prepared a long-term program to monitor permafrost and remedy environmental damage after an Arctic fuel spill in its home city, it said on Thursday. …

Feds, Alaska Won’t Seek Additional $92M From Exxon for Valdez Spill

U.S. and Alaska state officials announced on Wednesday they will no longer seek an additional $92 million from Exxon Mobil Corp. to pay for environmental cleanup and restoration stemming from the massive Exxon Valdez oil spill nearly three decades ago. …

Pressure Builds for Better Oil Spill Clean-Up Technology

With oil becoming scarcer and more expensive, the economics of the industry may finally tip in favour of one of the most neglected areas of its business – the technology for cleaning up oil spills. Despite efforts by scientists to …