The Future of Florida Oil

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of the Deepwater Horizon explosion on Florida's waters and the political response to future oil development off the coast.

The explosion of Deepwater Horizon changed the water around Florida. Sixteen years later, Florida politicians are standing up against future development off our coasts, and finding new ways to fight back. Thank you to Katie Bauman from Surfrider Foundation! Learn more about Surfrider's mission right here! Thank you to Chelsea Rice for her incredible design of our logo! Follow Chelsea on Instagram here! All of the music was originally composed.

Topics covered

• Florida oil
• Deepwater Horizon
• politics
• environment
• coastal development

Keywords

• Florida
• oil
• Deepwater Horizon
• politics
• Surfrider Foundation
• coastal development

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Surfrider Foundation

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