On Mar. 24, 1989, nearly 11 million gallons of crude oil gushed out of the Exxon Valdez oil tanker off the coast of Alaska. Take a look back at what was the largest oil spill in U.S. history at ...

This week marks the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with correspondents Jeff Brady and Debbie Elliott about the accident and the lessons learned.

The Exxon Valdez spill, unprecedented in its time, galvanized public opinion around oil drilling in the Arctic and environmental and safety regulations of oil transportation in general.

Monday marks the anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the largest ever spill in U.S. history at the time. The nearly 1,000-foot namesake tanker carrying tens of millions of gallons of oil ...

Twenty-five years ago this week, the tanker Exxon Valdez struck Bligh Reef in Alaska, causing what was then the largest oil spill in U.S. history. Its accident is refocusing questions about the ...

For today's Newsweek Rewind, we feature the Exxon Valdez oil spill, which occurred 25 years ago, on March 24, 1989. One of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history, Exxon Valdez released ...

Another eureka came when they figured out which components of oil were toxic to fish. The culprits are from a class called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, or PAHs. Before the Exxon Valdez spill ...

There would be no quick and coordinated spill response to slow the spread. Some 11 million gallons of crude would leak out of the Exxon Valdez in what was then the largest oil spill in U.S ...

The Exxon Valdez tanker ran aground on Bligh Reef in Alaska on March 24, 1989, releasing nearly 11 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound. It was the worst oil spill in U.S ...

but the sound had not fully returned to pre-spill conditions. March 24, 1989 The Exxon Valdez oil tanker was carrying more than 50 million gallons of crude oil when it left Valdez, Alaska ...

Plus, the race to prevent an oil spill off Yemen. By Amelia Nierenberg and Justin Porter The tanker spilled millions of gallons of oil when it ran aground, causing one of the nation’s worst ...