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The Gulf Research Program (GRP) will host a workshop series to bring together representatives from Alaska and the Gulf Coast region to share experiences, knowledge, strategies, and best practices to help prepare for and recover from potential future spills. This effort is in accord with GRP’s settlement agreement language which refers to reducing risk of future harm to people, the environment, and the economy due to oil spills as a “national priority."

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Learning from the Legacy of Past Oil Spills: Lessons from Alaska and the Gulf Coast

  • March 26, 2026
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
  • Webinar
  • Upcoming

The Gulf of Alaska and the Southern Gulf Coast have been the sites of the two worst oil spills in U.S. history, Exxon Valdez (1989) and Deepwater Horizon (2010), respectively. These spills had devasta...

.MOBILE, ALABAMA (May 6, 2010) Aerial image of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill taken from a US Coast Guard HC-144 aircraft. The flight was conducted primarily for media support and to plot the locations of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Photo by Michael B. Watkins
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Gulf-Alaska Knowledge Exchange: Learning from the Legacy of Past Oil Spills: Proceedings of a Workshop Series

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2025

The Gulf of Alaska and the Southern Gulf Coast have been the sites of the two worst oil spills in U.S. history, Exxon Valdez (1989) and Deepwater Horizon (2010), respectively. These spills had devastating impacts on the environment, human health, the local economy, the seafood industry, and local co...

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