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Tim Robertson: Real-life experiences improve oil spill response

Volunteer Spotlight Tim Robertson is a member of the Council’s Oil Spill Prevention & Response Committee. The committee works to minimize the risk and impacts associated with oil transportation through research, advice, and recommendations for strong and effective spill prevention and response measures, contingency planning, and regulations. Growing up in western North Carolina, over 3,000 miles away from Alaska, Tim Robertson and his…

Board of Directors to meet in May 2024

The Council’s May 2 & 3, 2024 Board of Directors meeting will be held in-person in Valdez, Alaska. The meeting will also be available virtually and telephonically for those unable to travel. Information to join the meeting will be available here prior to the meeting. Board meetings are open to the public, and an opportunity for the public to provide comments is provided at the beginning of each meeting. A final agenda and preliminary…

New Zealanders visit Alaska in search of Exxon Valdez lessons

This past June brought visitors to Alaska to learn about the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Raewyn Bennett and Elaine Tapsell, elders of the indigenous Maori people of New Zealand, came to look for information and best practices or guidance that might be useful to them in the aftermath of their own oil spill off the coast of New Zealand in 2011. The cargo tanker Rena ran aground on the Astrolabe Reef in October 2011, releasing over 350 tonnes…

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