IOOS Summit, Nov 2012, meeting report — http://www.iooc.us/summit/report/ Read More
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Science Policy Publication
Camilli et al. Science magazine Policy Forum (http://www.sciencemag.org/content/337/6102/1608.full.pdf) observe, “Our academic, governmental, and industrial research communities should work together to better align American legal practice with the deliberative process of science.” The authors were required to turn over email records and more to BP related to findings on the Deepwater Horizon blow-out flow rate (paper Read More
RESTORE Act Council
President Executive Order signed September 10, 2012, sets conditions for terminating Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force, reiterates Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council duties as established in the RESTORE Act, and adds EPA and USDA as NRDA Trustees– available on-line at http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/09/10/executive-order-gulf-coast-ecosystem-restoration Read More
IOOS strategy
IOOS strategic plan and requirements for implementing global coastal observing systems at http://www.ioos.gov/global/final_coastal_goos_pico_report.pdf. Read More
Spill impact economics
University of Houston-Victoria faculty, Yong-Gyo Lee and Xavier Garza-Gomez, using market-based measures, estimated loss in oil/gas industry capitalization due to 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill to be up to $562 billion — http://www.na-businesspress.com/JAF/LeeY_Web12_1_.pdf. Read More
Ocean strategy
Joint Ocean Commission Initiative’s most recent (now done every 5 years) U.S. Ocean Policy Report Card, calls for stopping decline of ocean science and education funding and praises regional collaborations for carrying the load– http://www.jointoceancommission.org/resource-center/2-Report-Cards/2012-06-06_2012_JOCI_report_card.pdf Read More
Recovery publication
Current Biology editor considers where Gulf ecosystem and policies are 2 years after DWH oil spill– http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982212005222 Read More
Dispersant publication
2012 NOAA workshop report is good resource regarding dispersant use during DWH oil spill– http://www.crrc.unh.edu/workshops/dispersant_future_11/Dispersant_Initiative_FINALREPORT.pdf. Read More
DWH spill publication
In response to the DWH oil spill, scientists and managers conclude that “modification of laws and policies designed to protect and restore ocean resources is needed in order to accommodate oil drilling in the deep sea and other frontiers” in A Tale of Two Spills: Novel Science and Policy Implications of an Emerging New Oil Read More
Oil Spill Commission report
Oil Spill Commission action committee assesses progress towards recommendations made in National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Off-Shore Drilling’s 2011 report (http://www.oilspillcommission.gov/)– http://oscaction.org/wp-content/uploads/OSCA-Assessment-report.pdf. Read More