1. GULF OIL FIASCO Is it a Local Issue? March, 2013

2. Volume Estimates (barrels/day): April 22 - 1,000 April 28 - 5,000 May 27 - 12,000-19,000 Sept. 23 - 56,000-68,000 US Energy Information Administration

3. Remediation : booms, burning, dispersants Remediation : booms, burning, dispersants

4. Plumes & deepwater hydrocarbons remain (25 % of total?)

5. Tarballs persist – February, 2013

6. Will bacterial activity add to the Gulf’s “dead zone”? “dead zone”?

8. Agricultural sources of nitrates & phosphates

9. Who’s to blame, BP or our endless thirst for petroleum products ? Who’s to blame, BP or our endless thirst for petroleum products ? + huge vehicles in which to place them

10. Traffic’s not what it used to be Traffic’s not what it used to be

11. So we drill – here, now, & deeper So we drill – here, now, & deeper Total spill estimate: 4.4M barrels Estimated U.S. usage per day: 19.6M barrels

14. Global implications include possible contribution to climate change Global implications include possible contribution to climate change & ocean acidification

15. Greenland’s northern ice shelf – 2010 Greenland’s northern ice shelf – 2010

16. Loss of Arctic Sea ICE

17. A local connection: commuting @ KSU A local connection: commuting @ KSU

18. Commute alternatives are meager Commute alternatives are meager

19. Going Forward – KSU’s Climate Action Plan 2010 Going Forward – KSU’s Climate Action Plan 2010