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Professor continues to offer comment on BP oil spill

Brian Black, professor of history and environmental studies at Penn State Altoona, has been solicited for public comment on the BP spill in a number of different venues over the last few months. Most recently, his essay "Beyond Oil: History and Consumption" was included in On Earth, the online magazine of the Natural Resources Defense Council. Black’s essay was part of its cover story bringing together “some of the nation’s leading environmental thinkers and writers,” including, Bill McKibben, Steve Cohen and David Gessner. It can be viewed at http://www.onearth.org/beyond-oil online.

He was also featured in the following articles: History News Network, http://hnn.us/articles/126494.html ; and on CNN.Com at: http://articles.cnn.com/2010-08-05/us/gulf.worst.disaster_1_oil-spill-bp-s-deepwater-horizon-wesley-warren?_s=PM:US all online.

 

Last Updated September 13, 2010

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