Sentences with phrase «unfolding oil disaster»
The unfolding oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico shows what can happen when planners don't adequately consider scenarios in girding against «low probability, high consequence» risks.
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In a column on The Times Op - Ed page, four scientists from a team of specialists independently assessing the volume of oil gushing from BP's destroyed seabed well provide more evidence that the company can not be trusted to put the public interest ahead of its corporate interests as this disaster continues to unfold.
On the eve of Senate hearings examining the destruction of the Deepwater Horizon rig and the unabated release of oil from the damaged seafloor well, President Obama ordered a team of government officials and scientists led by Energy Secretary Steven Chu to head to Houston this week to confer with BP's brain trust on next steps to stem the unfolding environmental disaster.
I'll be seeking reaction to the ideas in the document from other experts considering the real - time disaster, the unfolding investigation of the incident and plans to prevent future blowouts as oil exploration and development continues in deep waters, from Newfoundland to Brazil.
As the Deepwater Horizon disaster unfolded two years ago, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration used information from satellite data and helicopter flights over the Gulf to produce aerial images of the shifting coat of oil.