Commerce Department Nominations
The Senate Commerce Committee held a nomination hearing for John Bryson to be secretary, and Terry Garcia deputy secretary of the Commerce Department. Mr. Bryson said that businesses were to…
446 viewsThe Senate Commerce Committee held a nomination hearing for John Bryson to be secretary, and Terry Garcia deputy secretary of the Commerce Department. Mr. Bryson said that businesses were to…
446 viewsNational Oil Spill Commissioner Terry Garcia urged Congress to restore the Gulf of Mexico’s ecosystem. He appeared with Commissioner Donald Boesch and former Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Resp…
383 viewsMembers of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling spoke to reporters about the findings in its final report. Commission Chair Bob Graham said the…
713 viewsDr. Jane Goodall spoke about her experiences as a naturalist and her work with primates. She also presented awards to several people whose work she admired.
756 viewsNational Oil Spill Commissioners and Commission staff deliberated draft findings related to the root causes of the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster and options to guard against and mitigate the…
263 viewsNational Oil Spill Commissioners and Commission staff deliberated draft findings related to the root causes of the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster and options to guard against and mitigate the…
490 viewsThe National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill released its preliminary findings on the causes of the oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. Bureau of Ocean Energy Managemen…
271 viewsCommissioners debated the wording and content of some of its general findings from its subcommittees. They focused on deepwater drilling as part of a national energy policy, oil spill contin…
175 viewsCommissioners debated the wording and content of some of its general findings from its subcommittees. They focused on deepwater drilling as part of a national energy policy, worker and envir…
590 viewsEnvironmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson spoke at the at the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling’s third series of meetings. She…
313 viewsAdmiral Thad Allen spoke at the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling’s third series of meetings. Admiral Allen talked about lessons learned from th…
466 viewsSenator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and Governor Haley Barbour (R-MS) spoke at the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling’s third series of meetings. Both l…
123 viewsGulf Coast marine life scientists spoke at the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling’s third series of meetings. They said that while tests continue…
211 viewsPanelists spoke at the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling’s third series of meetings. They focused on the oil spill’s impact on the region, parti…
415 viewsPanelists spoke at the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling’s third series of meetings. They focused on restoration of the Gulf Coast and looked at…
249 viewsEnvironmental experts spoke at the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling’s third series of meetings. They talked about about the desperate need to f…
235 viewsInterior Secretary Ken Salazar, David Hayes, and Michael Bromwich spoke at the at the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling’s third series of meetin…
161 viewsOil flow scientists testified at the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill meeting in Washington, DC. They appeared before the commission to talk about the calculations f…
752 viewsCaptain Edwin Stanton, Doug Suttles, Richard Harrell, and Billy Nungesser spoke at the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling’s third series of meeti…
347 viewsWitnesses testified about about the challenges of deepwater drilling in the arctic and response plans to any possible oil spills. At the end of the day the commission allowed the public to c…
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