It was all hands-on deck, or rather, on the Clay Kaserne airfield, as trainees reacted to the effects of a notional hazardous material spill. The training was part of a two-day spill prevention and ...

Sometime shortly after the lid is removed from a preschooler’s sippy cup and is carried to the table, the glass slips and the milk is spilled on the floor. Reactions to this event can vary, but most ...

After nearly 30 years without a significant oil spill in Alaska’s waters, it’s tempting to think that we can relax our vigilance. But we cannot. At no time since the Exxon Valdez has there been so ...

As a former supervisor of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard’s Spill Prevention and Response programs, I was trained in many of the Coast Guard’s Incident Command System classes and was the Incident Commander ...

If you haven't heard of an SPCC plan, you're not alone. Hundreds of Maine facility owners and operators across the state are quickly learning the importance of the acronym as the deadline for ...

Federal funds totaling $1.6 million will pay for more weather sensors and rescue tugboats to help protect the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound from oil spills and other maritime mishaps. The ...