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ac360blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin standing beside her husband, Todd Palin, in Anchorage, Alaska in October, 2006. David Mattingly CNN National Correspondent My interview request with Governor Sarah Palin was last-minute. I had a day in Anchorage while en route home from a shoot in Prince William Sound and wanted to talk with the woman who seemed to be on most GOP short lists for VP. She managed...
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Environmental Law Prof Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
This week ExxonMobil and plaintiffs' lawyers in the Exxon Valdez case concluded a settlement to pay out most of the $507.5 million maximum damages award set by the U.S. Supreme Court in June. Exxon will pay $383.4 million to be distributed to 33,000 commercial fishermen and others who sued after the Exxon Valdez tanker spilled almost 11 million gallons of oil in Prince William Sound in...
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TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | yesterday
... animals that live there; the eagle in Homer that entertained us at Beluga Lake; beautiful Prince William Sound; breaching humpback whales; the bears trying to catch fish at Hyder and last but not least the drive along the Going to the Sun Highway in Glacier National Park. There is still much of the Last Frontier that we have not seen, but that will have to wait for another time. ...
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Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
Lawyers in the epic Exxon Valdez court case have negotiated a settlement to pay out most of the $507.5 million the U.S. Supreme Court awarded in June, the lead attorney for the plaintiffs confirmed Tuesday.Under the deal, Exxon will release about $383 million for distribution to the nearly 33,000 commercial fishermen and others who sued Exxon after the disastrous 1989 oil spill in Prince William...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
... fishermen and others who sued Exxon after the 1989 spill of 11 million gallons of crude in Prince William Sound."As we have stated consistently, like everyone involved in the tragic Valdez accident, Exxon Mobil is anxious to have the matter resolved," company spokesman Tony Cudmore said in an e-mail to The Associated Press on Tuesday evening."We approached the plaintiffs' legal representatives...
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Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
... commercial fishermen and others who sued Exxon after the disastrous 1989 oil spill in Prince William Sound.Lawyers for the plaintiffs and Exxon will continue to battle over another $70 million, as well as potential interest of $488 million on the Supreme Court judgment. Exxon has argued the interest isn't owed.The oil titan will in effect pay itself any remaining money under terms...
