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On the Anniversary of the Exxon Valdez, Cook Inlet Oil & Gas Shows Continued Complacency

On the Anniversary of the Exxon Valdez, Cook Inlet Oil & Gas Shows Continued Complacency

March 24 marks 28 years since the Exxon Valdez “fetched up, ah, hard aground” on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, laying a path of destruction across Alaska’s coastal ecosystems and the countless lives they support. While Exxon officials worked hard to convince the world it spilled “only” 10.8 million gallons of crude—ostensibly to pay lower...

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Hilcorp Gas Leak in Cook Inlet

Hilcorp Gas Leak in Cook Inlet

On February 8, Alaskans learned Texas-based Hilcorp Alaska had “discovered” a large leak from a natural gas fuel line supplying power to platforms on Middle Ground Shoal in Cook Inlet. Several weeks later, we learned Hilcorp knew – or should have known – about the leak months earlier, in December 2016 or earlier. While ongoing pollution and lax...

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