Willow Snatched the Spotlight from a Massive Climate Win
A drilling project in Alaska’s North Slope was approved, leading to outrage over social media. But why do many locals support Willow?
Alaska
Op-ed: The 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, how we see climate change then and now
BY: Sarah Sax Shortly after midnight on March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez — an oil tanker carrying 53 million gallons of North Slope crude oil — hit a reef in the Gulf of Alaska, ripping half a dozen holes in the hull of the ship. More…