OR&R Media Archive

To learn more about the work of NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R), read some of the following media articles.

Articles prior to 1995

Companies Get Environmental Tab In The Mail [Seattle Times, January 26, 1990] A controversial proposal that, when oil spills cause environmental harm, businesses should pay for both the pollution clean-up and for damages to marine life. [leaves OR&R site]

Tracking the Texas Spill -- From Seattle: NOAA Scientists Plot Oil's Path in Gulf of Mexico [Seattle Times, June 13, 1990] Describes OR&R's spill response work after the explosion onboard the T/V Mega Borg, a tanker that spilled crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico near Galveston, Texas, June 9, 1990. [leaves OR&R site]

Oil Spill Touches Tatoosh -- First Dead Sea Birds Show Up [Seattle Times, July 27, 1991] Describes the Tenyo Maru oil spill off Cape Flattery in the Pacific Northwest. [leaves OR&R site]

First Alert -- This Seattle Team Applies Front-Line Science To Oil- Related Catastrophies [Seattle Times, October 13, 1991] Describes the work that OR&R spill experts do in an oil spill crisis. [leaves OR&R site]

Oiled And Dangerous -- Even After A Rigorous Cleanup, Most Of A Spill Is Left Behind [Seattle Times, October 13, 1991] Describes the sensitivity maps that OR&R scientists use in an oil spill crisis, and some of their spill response options. [leaves OR&R site]

The Nature of Oil Spills? [Seattle Times, September 13, 1994] A controversial book argues that the power of nature outweighed human efforts in the clean-up of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. [leaves OR&R site]