To the Point
The Gulf Oil Spill: The Environment, the Economy and the Politics
From the Gulf Coast to the White House to the offices of the British oil giant BP, the word is " unprecedented ." Nobody's ever seen anything like this before. As an already massive slick moves toward the shoreline, it continues to grow -- and it may take weeks to shut off the gushers 5000 feet below.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readFrom the Gulf Coast to the White House to the offices of the British oil giant BP, the word is "unprecedented." Nobody's ever seen anything like this before. As an already massive slick moves toward the shoreline, it continues to grow -- and it may take weeks to shut off the gushers 5000 feet below. Just a month ago, President Obama lifted the moratorium on new off-shore drilling, saying a competitive economy still needs energy from fossil fuels. What's the worst-case scenario for wildlife, commercial fishing and recreation? Will the impending disaster be bad enough to change the equation?
Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Frances Anderton
architecture critic and author
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
Mark Schleifstein
Times-Picayune
Rayola Dougher
Senior Economic Advisor, American Petroleum Institute
Tyson Slocum
Director of Public Citizen's Energy Program