More than a year after oil stopped gushing into the Gulf, the co-chairs of the commission tasked with investigating the Deepwater Horizon oil spill appeared together at Climate One on October 21 to assess the nation’s response to the disaster. Bill Reilly and Bob Graham commended the Obama administration for overhauling regulation of the offshore oil industry, and praised the oil industry for initiating internal reforms, but they blasted Congress for doing next to nothing to respond to the spill.
9/15/2010
Salt, Oil, Carbon: Jane Lubchenco and Nancy Sutley
With the Deepwater Horizon oil well capped, attention has shifted to preventing another blowout. On September 8, Jane Lubchenco and Nancy Sutley answered questions about the Deepwater Horizon fallout, and the future of the oceans, before a Climate One audience in San Francisco.
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8/18/2010
New York Times: Bring in the Marines
“Within 10 years, the United States Navy will get one half of all its energy needs, both afloat and onshore, from non-fossil fuel sources,” Navy Secretary Ray Mabus says. Read Todd Woody’s coverage here.
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