1. EXXON Valdez: 25 th Anniversary April 2014

2. 1989 1989

3. 2014 Mississippi Barge Spill 2014 Mississippi Barge Spill

4. 2006 BP Gulf Oil Spill 2006 BP Gulf Oil Spill

5. 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

6. Remediation : booms, burning, dispersants Remediation : booms, burning, dispersants

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

8. Tarballs persist – February, 2013

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

11. Agricultural sources of nitrates & phosphates

12. 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

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

14. 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

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

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

19. Loss of Arctic Sea ICE

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

21. Commute alternatives are meager Commute alternatives are meager

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