Catastrophic Spill Feared as Oil Tanker Splits, Sinks off Spanish Coast
November 20, 2002 Seattle Times article about the response to the Prestige oil spill off the coast of Spain.

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.

First Alert -- This Seattle Team Applies Front-Line Science To Oil- Related Catastrophies
Seattle Times article (10/13/91) describing the work that our spill experts do in an oil spill crisis.

Galapagos in Peril
March 2001 article in "Coast Guard" magazine describing our spill response work in the Galapagos Islands.

NOAA "War Room" Scrambles to Keep Ahead of the Oil Spills
Seattle Times article (2/14/99) describing our oil spill response work.

NOAA's Own "Message in a Bottle"
Honolulu Star-Bulletin article (12/11/02) briefly describing OR&R's Drift Card Study in Hawaii.

Officials Gather For International Conference On Oil Spills -- Environmentalists Expected To Protest
A March 7, 1999 Seattle Times article about 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 at the convention center by Alaskans and others who contended that environmentalists were not invited to participate.

Oil Hazard Surfaces for Wildlife
[Seattle Times, October 16, 2004] An article discussing the work of OR&R's Damage Assessment Center after the Dalco Passage "mystery" spill in the Pacific Northwest.

Oil Spill Touches Tatoosh -- First Dead Sea Birds Show Up
A July 27, 1991 Seattle Times article about the Tenyo Maru oil spill off Cape Flattery in the Pacific Northwest.

Oiled And Dangerous -- Even After A Rigorous Cleanup, Most Of A Spill Is Left Behind
Seattle Times article (10/13/91) describing the sensitivity maps that OR&R scientists use in an oil spill crisis, and some of their spill response options.

Olympic has Park-restoration Plan
[Seattle Times, March 11, 2004] An article about OR&R's involvement in Olympic Pipe Line's plan for restoring the natural resources of Whatcom Falls Park, which was burned by a 1999 pipeline explosion and fire.

Sediments in Sound Among Least Toxic
A November 14, 2003 Seattle Times article about a study that ranks Puget Sound among the least toxic of all the estuaries and bays in the U.S. where contamination has been measured.

Ship Fire Is Declared A Roaring Success -- Vessel Breaks Up, But Authorities Say Most Oil Will Burn Today
A February 12, 1999 Seattle Times article about the burning of fuel aboard the grounded freighter, New Carissa, off the coast of Oregon.

The Nature of Oil Spills?
A controversial new book argues that the power of nature outweighed human efforts in the clean-up of the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

The Spill is Gone -- 10 Years Later, Debate Still Rages over Effects of the Exxon Valdez Disaster in Alaska
Seattle Times article (3/21/99) discussing our biological monitoring studies of the effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

Tracking the Texas Spill -- From Seattle: NOAA Scientists Plot Oil's Path in Gulf of Mexico
Seattle Times article (6/13/90) describing 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.

U.S. Agency, Coast Guard Help South Korea with Oil Spill Cleanup
NOAA OR&R's scientific support coordinator for New York was part of a four-member U.S. technical assistance team that helped with the Hebei Spirit incident in South Korea.