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updated: Sun Jul 06, 2008 09:17 pm

Valdez News

Local news for Valdez, AK continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

9 hrs ago | Juneau Empire

Alaska editorial: Exxon should quit stalling and pay up

This editorial appeared in the Anchorage Daily News: It's been a bitter business for the 32,000 or so plaintiffs in the Exxon Valdez case.

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Related Topix: US News, US Supreme Court, Anchorage Metro, Anchorage, AK, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Opinion

Fri Jul 04, 2008

Anchorage Daily News

Oil industry trumpets its economic impact

JOBS: Companies responsible for 21 percent of private-sector payroll. Published: July 1st, 2008 12:14 AM Last Modified: July 1st, 2008 02:07 AM The oil industry wants to remind us how big it is in Alaska.

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Related Topix: Kenai, AK, Anchorage Metro, Anchorage, AK, Alaska Government, Alaska

Wed Jul 02, 2008

Anchorage Daily News

Politics blog: Double vodkas, 53 million gallons of oil and enough...

This is the place to talk about Alaska politics -- state, local, national. Public life in the Last Frontier may never have been more interesting than right now -- the broad and still-evolving corruption ...

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Related Topix: Juneau, AK, Alaska, US Politics, US News, Don Young, Republican, US House of Representatives, Anchorage Metro, Anchorage, AK

Mon Jun 30, 2008

KTVA Anchorage

Timeline leading up to Supreme Court Exxon Valdez decision

Ever since the spill occurred fishermen have said it is not enough. There has always been a strong sentiment that Exxon should be punished.

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Sun Jun 29, 2008

Petroleum News

State hires Emerald/ABS for assessment

The state has hired Emerald/ABS to conduct a comprehensive risk assessment of oil and gas infrastructure across Alaska, the Department of Environmental Conservation announced on June 24.

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Fri Jun 27, 2008

Juneau Empire

Alaska politicians react to U.S. Supreme Court ruling on punitive damages

Public officials in Alaska are reacting strongly to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision Wednesday to slash the $2.5 billion damage award to Alaska fishermen to $508 million, nearly 20 years after the Exxon Valdez ...

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Related Topix: Anchorage, AK, US News, US Supreme Court, Kodiak, AK

Wed Jun 25, 2008

The Globe and Mail

Court cuts Exxon Valdez award

Justice David Souter wrote for the court that punitive damages may not exceed what the company already paid to compensate victims for economic losses, about $500-million compensation.

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Related Topix: US News, US Supreme Court, Exxon Mobil, Energy, Oil & Gas, Samuel Alito

Tue Jun 24, 2008

Anchorage Daily News

32,000 plaintiffs are hoping for Exxon decision Monday

VALDEZ: Supreme Court ruling could even be delayed until next year. Published: June 20th, 2008 12:57 AM Last Modified: June 20th, 2008 01:18 AM Fishermen are anticipating a decision Monday that they've been ...

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Related Topix: Kodiak, AK, US Supreme Court, US News

Sun Jun 22, 2008

Juneau Empire

Folk music man

Folksinger John McCutcheon loves Alaska. The Grammy-nominated multi-instrumentalist has traveled and performed throughout the state countless times and keeps coming back.

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Related Topix: Alaska, Ketchikan, AK, Yakutat, AK, Juneau, AK

Fri Jun 20, 2008

Clarion Dispatch

AGIA vote close?: Lawmakers leaning toward TransCanada pipeline plan

State lawmakers may be leaning toward support for approving a contract with TransCanada Alaska Company to build a gas pipeline from the North Slope into Canada to the Lower 48, Sen.

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Related Topix: Anchorage Metro, Anchorage, AK, Kenai, AK, Nikiski, AK, ConocoPhillips, Energy, Oil & Gas

Wed Jun 18, 2008

Anchorage Daily News

Alpine field boosts Arctic Slope profits to $208 million

NATIVE CORPORATION: Reported 2007 revenues were $1.77 billion. Published: June 18th, 2008 12:19 AM Last Modified: June 18th, 2008 12:42 AM Arctic Slope Regional Corp.

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Related Topix: Barrow, AK, North Pole, AK, Energy, Oil & Gas

Mon Jun 16, 2008

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Public stresses need for Alaska gas, TransCanada

While the public was divided on whether the Legislature should approve TransCanada's gas pipeline application under the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act, it stood unanimous that natural gas needs to reach Alaskans ...

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas, TransCanada, Natural Gas, Alaska Government, Alaska

Sat Jun 14, 2008

Petroleum News

Rebuffed AGIA rival backs governor

Port authority board member Whitaker says he now supports TransCanada's proposal; expert says LNG project not competitive The Associated Press Jim Whitaker, mayor of the Fairbanks North Star Borough and a board ...

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Related Topix: Juneau, AK, Energy, Oil & Gas, TransCanada, Natural Gas

Thu Jun 12, 2008

Juneau Empire

Palin reverses course on LNG pipeline plan

Gov. Sarah Palin began campaigning for office two years ago as a supporter of bringing Alaska's vast natural gas reserves to market as liquefied natural gas exported through Valdez, popularly known as the ...

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Related Topix: Canada, Alaska Government, Alaska, Energy, Oil & Gas, TransCanada, Natural Gas

Tue Jun 10, 2008

The New Zealand Herald

Dr Latitude : Glorious Denali gem shouldn't be missed

View as a single page 5:00AM Saturday June 07, 2008 My husband and I have hired an RV in Alaska for 10 days, starting in Anchorage in late August.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Seafood, Talkeetna, AK, Anchorage, AK, Delta Junction, AK, Alaska

Sun Jun 08, 2008

Anchorage Daily News

Questions flow from gas line proposal

OK, listen up. Are you baffled by this whole natural gas pipeline thing? Are you wondering why state legislators and Gov.

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Related Topix: Prudhoe Bay, AK, Juneau, AK, Canada, World News, Exxon Mobil, Energy, Oil & Gas, TransCanada, Natural Gas

Fri Jun 06, 2008

Alaska.com

History & culture

From the Bering Land Bridge to the oil pipeline, state has a storied past Alaska.com Although Alaska's statehood is relatively brief, the state's history is long and colorful.

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Related Topix: Nome, AK, Ketchikan, AK, Kotzebue, AK, Alaska, Cordova, AK

Wed Jun 04, 2008

Anchorage Daily News

Gas pipeline seed money divisive

Published: June 4th, 2008 12:52 AM Last Modified: June 4th, 2008 01:12 AM JUNEAU -- If the state Legislature awards TransCanada Corp.

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Related Topix: Juneau, AK, Energy, Oil & Gas, Healy, AK, Seward, AK, TransCanada, Natural Gas

Tue Jun 03, 2008

Anchorage Daily News

Exxon Valdez decision expected in next 4 weeks

ERIK HILL / Daily News archive 1989 The Exxon Valdez was towed away from Bligh Reef on April 5, 1989.

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Related Topix: US News, US Supreme Court, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Sun Jun 01, 2008

Whitehorse Star

Valdez man dies in motorcycle accident

Charges under the Motor Vehicles Act are pending against a 42-year-old Skagway resident after a 62-year-old motorcyclist was killed on the Alaska Highway in western Yukon Tuesday evening.

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