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A Look at the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (Gang of Four Podcast)

0 by David Wescott on June 11, 2010

Tim Hurst, Jeff McIntire-Strasburg and I got together for our latest chat (Maria Surma Manka was unable to join us) and the topic isn't surprising: The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. We discussed the spill from our different perspectives: Jeff grew up in Southern Louisiana and knows the area quite well; Tim is well versed in the political theory and substance; and I focused on communications and information flow.

A couple of quick links referenced in the podcast: Jeff mentioned some links to sites where people who want to help address the spill can get involved. His post is here. He gave special mention to Geoff Livingston's post on Mashable here. (Geoff is a good guy.)

I also specifically mentioned the issue of censoring scientists: I wrote about it here and I found posts about it on Huffington Post and Rachel Maddow's blog.

Earth & Industry Radio podcast time is 16:45.

Category: Energy, Politics | Tags: bp, Energy, energy policy, obama, oil, oil spill, podcast

About the Author:

David Wescott directs the social media team for APCO Worldwide, a global public affairs firm. He served as a legislative aide to U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) and worked on energy and economic issues. He also managed a pediatrics department in a public hospital in the mid-nineties. David writes a personal blog called It’s Not a Lecture and a column called “Living Locally, Working Globally” for Business Lexington. He lives in Durham, North Carolina, with his wife, his son, and his chocolate Labrador retriever.