Russia has formed a new government commission to coordinate clean up of the biggest spill of oil products in the Black Sea in ...

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as well as oil — is a valid concern. Indeed, experience gained during the Exxon Valdez spill indicates that large-scale spills can cause persistent negative effects on coastal wildlife that last ...

as evidenced by the massive Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989 that caused notable environmental harm. The Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound and released nearly 11 million gallons of ...

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Before the 2010 BP oil spill, the most notable – and devastating – oil spill was the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill. It occurred when a tanker accidentally ran ashore and spilled millions of gallons of oil ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday criticised the clean up of a major oil spill in the Black Sea and created a new task force to take over the operation, almost four weeks after the spill ...

The oil spill in the Black Sea that has hit Russian and Crimean coasts since mid-December is particularly hard to clean up because it involves a "heavy" fuel that is less likely to float.