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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sunday marks 30 years since an Exxon Shipping ... gallons of toxic crude oil into the pristine waters of the Prince William Sound. At the time, it was the largest oil spill in U.S. history.

VALDEZ, Alaska — The toll of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill is a sadly familiar one: 250,000 dead birds, 2,800 sea otters, 300 harbor seals--all victims of the oil tanker that ran over a reef ...

Monday (March 24) marks the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, which spewed 11 million gallons (40 million liters) of crude oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound. The disaster was ...

Authorities are investigating what caused an Exxon Mobil pipeline to rupture in Mayflower, Ark., Friday. The oil spill caused 22 homes to be evacuated, according to an Exxon statement. Local ...

On that date, the Exxon Valdez ... losses after the spill. But the record $5 billion award -- later reduced to $4.5 billion -- came after a federal judge ruled that the oil company had been ...

The Exxon Valdez spill blackened 1,500 miles of the Gulf of Alaska coastline, home to rich fishing grounds and wildlife. It contributed to the passage by Congress of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ...

An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the Exxon Valdez spill was the worst oil spill in North America until the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident. It was the worst spill in U.S ...

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.