Nte says deep water horizon was a wake-up call for the Obamba administration. He said it led them to break up minerals management service into three separate agencies. The bureau of ocean energy management comes into existence as in charge of managing the leasing process and lease sales, nte explains.
An energy expert explains why offshore oil spills keep happening and whether they’ll ever stop.
Today’s show was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Cristian Ayala and Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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