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No guarantees - kill SB 21

...and made bad decisions during the cementing of the well a mile beneath the Gulf of Mexico." Remember the Exxon Valdez oil spill? Exxon publicly promised to make things right but dragged the court case out until 1994 when a federal court ordered...

http://juneauempire.com/letters/2013-04-07/no-guarantees-kill-sb-21
Letters
ConocoPhillips delays 2014 Arctic marine drilling

...opportunities for subsistence from drilling and a possible oil spill. He agreed that specific standards must be developed...more time is needed to develop world-class safety and oil spill prevention and response standards," she said.

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-11/conocophillips-delays-2014-arctic-marin
State
Citizens Council calls for increased spill funding

A lesson from all major oil spills is that once the oil is spilled...problems. The federal government's Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund (OSLTF...the most significant increase in oil spill prevention and response preparedness...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-04-09/citizens-council-calls-increased-spil
Opinion
State Museum to host lecture on Exxon Valdez oil spill records

...Litigation Records from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill." Admission to the lecture is free...associated with the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill involved thousands of people and...Hibpshman, Director of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Litigation Records Appraisal and...

http://juneauempire.com/art/2013-02-21/state-museum-host-lecture-exxon-valdez-oi
Art
Around Town for Thursday, Feb. 21

...Kashevarof Memorial Lecture: "They Anointed Our Waters & Our Cup Runneth Over: Litigation Records from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill." 12-1 p.m., Alaska State Museum. With Larry Hibpshman, archivist, Alaska State Archives. Free.Bartlett...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-02-21/around-town-thursday-feb-21
Local
My Turn: For whom is the governor working? Not the people

...he signed on as a lobbyist with Patton Boggs, the lobby firm that represented Exxon Mobil in the Prince William Sound oil spill litigation and argued in court for nominal compensation to the state of Alaska after the massive spill wreaked havoc on...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-02-27/my-turn-whom-governor-working-not-peo
Opinion
My Turn: Wake up to the dangers posed by non-native species in Alaska's waters

...Service Company. The council's 19 member organizations are communities in the region affected by the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, as well as aquaculture, commercial fishing, environmental, Native, recreation, and tourism groups.

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-03-05/my-turn-wake-dangers-posed-non-native
Opinion
ART, EVENTS & MUSIC

...Kashevarof Memorial Lecture: "They Anointed Our Waters & Our Cup Runneth Over: Litigation Records from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill" with Archivist Larry Hibpshman, noon, Alaska State Museum. Free.The Science of Southeast Alaska's Sea Otters...

http://juneauempire.com/art/2013-02-21/art-events-music
Art
Project to archive Exxon Valdez records continues

...project to archive records related to the Exxon Valdez oil spill is continuing after the state sought to address concerns...federal governments, stemming from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, led to a $900 million settlement and a consent decree...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-03-07/project-archive-exxon-valdez-records-co
State
Salazar announces'high-level assessment' of drilling season

...month was found with safety deficiencies, and Shell's oil spill response vessel barge, which could not obtain certification...drill into petroleum-bearing rock because Shell's oil spill response barge was unable to achieve certification in...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-01-09/salazar-announceshigh-level-assessment-
State

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