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Juliette Kayyem, an Obama administration official and chair of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government Homeland Security and Global Health Projects. offered her thoughts on how the government…

Professors Andrea Miller and Shearon Roberts talked about their book Oil and Water, in which they examine the media coverage of Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal talked about his book Leadership and Crisis (Regnery Press, 2010). It deals with his experiences in office, including his handling of the fallout from Hurrica…

Kristen Hays talked by phone about lawsuits against British Petroleum (BP) oil company happening at a Federal District Court in New Orleans. The case aimed to decide culpability and damages …

Panelists talked about the various natural and human-made issues impacting the Gulf Coast, including potential future disasters. U.S. Geological Survey Director Marcia McNutt said that peopl…

Justice Department and other law enforcement officials held a press conference in New Orleans regarding new criminal charges and a settlement in the BP oil spill. Attorney General Holder out…

Telephone lines were open for viewer comments on the Justice Department announcement that BP had agreed to accept criminal responsibility for its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The 14 char…

Representatives Ed Markey (D-MA) and Henry Waxman (D-CA), the leading congressional investigators into the BP oil spill, reacted to the settlement reached between BP and the Department of Ju…

Panelists talked about the status of and future of offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico following BP’s 2010 oil spill. Among other topics they discussed the drilling permit process, indus…

Mary Kendall testified on her involvement in the Obama administration’s temporary freeze on deepwater drilling after the BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. A 2010 Interior Department repo…

Authors talked about their books about reporting on disasters. They responded to questions from members of the audience. Barry Siegel moderated “Nonfiction: Narrating Disaster” was a panel, …

Greg Palast presented his investigation of the BP oil spill and talked about the corruption he says permeates the oil industry, the financial sector, and government. This event was held at t…

The co-chairs of the National Oil Spill Commission discussed the implementation of the recommendations on offshore oil drilling stemming from the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon in April 20…

Kenneth Feinberg testified on the implementation of the BP Oil Spill Compensation Fund. The $20 billion fund was created by BP in partnership with the White House to provide payment or settl…

Kenneth Feinberg testified on the implementation of the BP Oil Spill Compensation Fund. The $20 billion fund was created by BP in partnership with the White House to provide payment or settl…

Investigators of the April 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill and representatives from BP, Transocean, and Halliburton testified about the findings of a report on the spill. Michael Bromwich said…

Navy and Coast Guard officials talked about the lessons learned from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Among the topics they addressed were emergency response times, logistical challen…

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Director Michael Bromwich testified before the Natural Resources Committee on the agency’s reorganization efforts, the future of oil and gas drilling, and c…

Representatives of affected states testified about damage assessment of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. They focused on the progress of the Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA),…

Officials testified about the process and timetable for damage assessment of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. They focused on the progress of the Natural Resource Damage Assessment (N…