PWSRCAC in the News

News about council activities or issues occasionally appears in local, regional, and national publications. Below are links to those articles and op-ed pieces.

2008

March

House speaker warns tanker owners (Anchorage Daily News)

Alyeska cuts 8 spill cleanup jobs at Valdez Port (Anchorage Daily News)

February

Punitive damages are needed to keep big oil accountable, by John Devens, PWSRCAC Executive Director (Anchorage Daily News)

Spill response negotiations have some workers worried (Anchorage Daily News)

2007

November

Oil-spill fishing vessels hit with state unemployment tax (Anchorage Daily News)

ConocoPhillips oil spill case will make the state's waters safer (Seattle PI)

Listen: Council staffer Lisa Ka'aihue weighs in on non-indigenous species in ballast water on Juneau's KTOO radio spot, "Invasion of the Atlantic Salmon."

June

U-turn by Gregoire on oil-spill panel (Seattle Post Intelligencer)

February

A place to test the waters (NorthJersey.com)

Problems continue to plague BP ships (Anchorage Daily News)

Exxon Valdez oil won't vanish soon (Anchorage Daily News)

January

Spurred to action by the Exxon Valdez oil spill, this tour-boat captain made a commitment to protect Prince William Sound. (article about council president Stan Stephens and PWSRCAC in Coastal Living magazine)

2006

December

Gregoire 'defangs' oil panel: Critics blast governor's plan to move watchdog council (Seattle Post Intelligencer)

November

Ad campaign stalled as producers agree to meet over Valdez emissions (Alaska Journal of Commerce)

Citizen participation is essential (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)

September

Walt Parker takes networking to a global level (Anchorage Daily News. Mr. Parker is a PWSRCAC board member.)

Citizen oversight of Slope pushed (Anchorage Daily News)

May

Committee to review Alyeska welding on storage tanks (Alaska Public Radio Network)

Deadline to claim $100 million for Exxon Valdez spill draws closer (KTUU)

Tank welds at Valdez get federal look (Anchorage Daily News)

Watchdog opposes dispersant use (Anchorage Daily News)

March

Anniversary offers new focus on Exxon Valdez (KTUU, with comment by PWSRCAC board member Patience Andersen Faulkner)

The new oil danger: Pipe corrosion is biggest threat on Exxon Valdez spill anniversary (Anchorage Daily News)

February

Citizen oversight of oil proven to work: (Anchorage Daily News)

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