OR&R Media Archive: 1995-1999

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

Articles from 1995 to 1999

Hazmat High [Government Technology, January 1, 1998] Describes how high school students in Chelsea, Massachusetts, use CAMEO software to help out with hazardous chemical emergency planning. [leaves OR&R site]

Ship Fire Is Declared A Roaring Success -- Vessel Breaks Up, But Authorities Say Most Oil Will Burn Today [Seattle Times, February 12, 1999] Discusses the burning of fuel aboard the grounded freighter, New Carissa, off the coast of Oregon. [leaves OR&R site]

NOAA "War Room" Scrambles to Keep Ahead of the Oil Spills [Seattle Times, February 14, 1999] Describes OR&R's oil spill response work with the New Carissa, which ran aground off the coast of Oregon with nearly 400,000 gallons of bunker oil and diesel in its fuel tanks. [leaves OR&R site]

Officials Gather For International Conference On Oil Spills -- Environmentalists Expected To Protest [Seattle Times, March 7, 1999] A short article describing the 1999 International Oil Spill Conference (IOSC), which came on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. IOSC 1999 drew public protests by Alaskans and others who contended that environmentalists were not invited to participate. [leaves OR&R site]

The Spill is Gone -- 10 Years Later, Debate Still Rages over Effects of the Exxon Valdez Disaster in Alaska [Seattle Times, March 21, 1999] Discusses our biological monitoring studies of the effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in March, 1989. [leaves OR&R site]