On AlterNet: valdez

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Avoiding the Next Arctic Oil Disaster

Fran Hunt, Other Words. March 29, 2012.

Exxon's Valdez disaster had ruinous and enduring impacts. We could be close to catastrophe again.

Why Sarah Palin and Chevron May Be Responsible for the Next Massive Oil Spill in Alaska

Shannyn Moore, Huffington Post. March 31, 2009.

Currently 6 million gallons of crude oil sit at the base of a volcano that has erupted 19 times in the last eight days.

Why We Need the 28th Amendment to the Constitution: Separation of Corporation and State (VIDEO)

Chelsea Green PublishingNovember 11, 2008.

Marine biologist, author, fisherma'am, and Exxon Valdez survivor, Dr. Riki Ott has a new vision that can help save American communities.

Supreme Court Dashes Hopes for Justice Against Exxon

Riki Ott, AlterNet. July 8, 2008.

The people of Cordova, Alaska were screwed once by Exxon in 1989 and then again by the Supreme Court last month.

Supreme Court Slashes Damages for Exxon Valdez Spill

Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet. June 25, 2008.

The incredible shrinking settlement: How a $5 billion jury award dwindled to $500 million in the courts.

The Ordinary People Who Took on the Richest Oil Companies (Video)

Riki Ott, Chelsea Green Publishing. June 18, 2008.

Author Riki Ott tells the extraordinary tale of the people who took on the world's richest oil companies to protect Prince William Sound.

Exxon's Deadly Legacy Lives on for Fishermen

John Platt, AlterNet. March 24, 2008.

Nineteen years after their disaster spill, Exxon's trying shirk responsibility.

Shocking: 18 Years on and Exxon Still Won't Pay $2.5 Billion for Valdez Oil Spill

Riki Ott, AlterNet. November 5, 2007.

And now the Supreme Court has agreed to hear Exxon try to explain why it shouldn't pay.