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    The Exxon Valdez was an oil tanker that gained notoriety after running aground in Prince William Sound, spilling its cargo of crude oil into the sea. On...
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    The Exxon Valdez oil spill was a major environmental disaster that made worldwide headlines in the spring of 1989 and occurred in Alaska's Prince William...
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    responsible for many oil spills, the largest and most notable of which was the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska and itself considered to be one of the world's worst...
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  • Joseph Hazelwood (category Exxon Valdez oil spill)
    1946 – c. July 22, 2022) was an American sailor. He was the captain of Exxon Valdez during her 1989 oil spill. He was accused of being intoxicated which...
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    humans and predators. The Barrow's goldeneye was greatly affected by the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989. The spill greatly impacted the bird's wintering areas...
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    Trident Seafoods (category Exxon Valdez oil spill)
    finalized a deal with Exxon over damages from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska. The agreement between Exxon and the so– called...
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    Alaska earthquake, and is located near the site of the disastrous 1989 Exxon Valdez oil tanker spill. Today, it is one of the most important ports in Alaska...
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  • toxicity to marine fish has been observed from oil spills such as the Exxon Valdez disaster, and from nonpoint sources, such as surface runoff, which is...
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    Washington. As a part of the Oil Spill Task Force 2 created after the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, Ogden supported over 400 civilians with beds, food, operational...
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    number of third-party scientists disagree. [citation needed] In 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil tanker struck Alaska's Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound and leaked...
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    completion of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline led to an oil boom. In 1989, the Exxon Valdez hit a reef in Prince William Sound, spilling between 11 and 34 million...
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  • Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster is a 1992 movie depicting the Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster off the coast of Alaska. Directed by Paul Seed, it...
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    which in turn sustain larger animals. The grounding of the oil tanker Exxon Valdez in Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989, produced extensive contamination...
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  • Seattle Seven (category Exxon Valdez oil spill)
    negotiating a secret agreement with Exxon Corporation in 1991, relating to punitive damages resulting from the Exxon Valdez oil spill. The companies, Aleutian...
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    Richmond San Francisco Bay Mississippi delta On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska creating one of the largest...
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    that orcas prey on sea otters to any significant extent. The March 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill devastated the sea otter population in Prince William Sound...
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  • in Exxon Valdez oil spill". McClatchyDC. Archived from the original on January 13, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2016. Murphy, Kim (2008-12-07). "Exxon Valdez...
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    fewer than 4,000 gallons of dispersants available at the time of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, and no aircraft with which to dispense them. The dispersants...
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    subsidiary, though wholly Exxon-controlled, has a separate corporate charter and board of directors, and the former Exxon Valdez is now the SeaRiver Mediterranean...
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    Washington, Ott moved to Alaska and started a fishing business. When the Exxon Valdez oil spill disrupted the local fishing-based economy, she became an environmental...
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    ending the initial construction of the AMHS. On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez struck Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound. The State of Alaska's on scene...
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    sea otter population in Prince William Sound was also hit hard by the Exxon Valdez oil spill, which killed thousands of sea otters in 1989. In 1969 and...
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    Yaquina Bay Yaquina River Humbolt Bay Morro Bay On March 24, 1989 the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska creating one of the largest...
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    March 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, the 144th flew many sorties delivering oil containment booms, supplies and emergency personnel to Valdez. Air Guard...
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    National Park but allowed in the preserve. The grounding of the oil tanker Exxon Valdez in Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989, produced extensive contamination...
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    Prince William Sound (category Exxon Valdez oil spill)
    220 ft (67 m). On March 24, 1989, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef after leaving Valdez, causing a large oil spill, which resulted in...
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    the air and flowed into the Columbia River (which flows to the ocean). Exxon Valdez oil spill, 1989 – spilled 260–750 thousand barrels (41,000–119,000 m3)...
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  • for actions with unknown or questionable risks. 1989: March 24, the Exxon Valdez oil tanker struck a reef off the coast of Alaska, spilling millions of...
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    toxicologist with experience of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, advised families to evacuate the Gulf. She said that workers from the Valdez spill had suffered long-term...
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  • Argentina Valdez (acrobatic), a back walkover that begins in a sitting position Exxon Valdez, oil tanker involved in an oil spill in Alaska in 1989 Valdez Blockade...
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