Monday, November 1st 2010  12:00-6:30pm
San Francisco, CA

BP, THE GULF AND BEYOND: ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN COSTS OF THE GULF
OIL DISASTER

Date: November 1, 2010
Time: 12:00-6:30 pm
Location: McLaren 252

12:00-12:15 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION

Marcelo Camperi (Interim Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, University of San
Francisco)

12:15-1:30 SCIENTISTS AND THE GULF
Environmental and Scientific Concerns Regarding the Gulf Disaster

Moderators: Robert Toia and John Callaway (Department of Environmental
Science, University of San Francisco)

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Gulf
Harry Allen (Chief, EPA Region 9’s Emergency Response Section)

A Scientist in the Gulf
Kathleen Jennings (Office of Spill Prevention and Response – California
Department of Fish and Game)

Environmental Impacts
John Callaway (Department of Environmental Science, University of San Francisco)

Environmental Toxicology and the Gulf
Robert Toia (Department of Environmental Science, University of San Francisco)

1:30-2:45 THE BP OIL “SPILL” AND THE LAW
Regulatory Failures, Agency Conflicts of Interest, Liability and Damages

Moderator/Introduction: Alice Kaswan (School of Law, University of San
Francisco)

Regulatory Failures
Devorah Ancel (Environmental Law Fellow, Sierra Club)

Agency Conflicts of Interest
Peter Jan Honigsberg (School of Law, University of San Francisco)

Liability and Damages
Cymie Payne (Distinguished Environmental Law Scholar, Lewis and Clark School
of Law)

2:45-3:00 BREAK Refreshments Provided

3:00-4:15 REFRAMING THE “SPILL”: ENERGY, MASTERY, POWER, STORY
Energy, from Bhopal to the Gulf: Corporate Power and Industrial Catastrophes,
Mastery, and Story

Moderator: David Silver (Department of Media Studies, University of San
Francisco)

Energy
“Oil Energy: Chase the Dinosaur’s Tail, or Emerge into the Light”
Stephanie Ohshita (Environmental Science, Environmental Management, and
Environmental Studies, University of San Francisco)

Power
“From Bhopal to the Gulf: Corporate Power and Industrial Catastrophes”
Stephen Zavestoski (Sociology and Environmental Studies, University of San
Francisco)

Mastery
“Drill, Baby, … KABOOM! or What is the Problem With Technology?”
Gerard Kuperus (Philosophy and Environmental Studies, University of San
Francisco)

Story
“Connecting the Dots: So Much Depends on the Story You Tell”
Tracy Seeley (English, Literature, Writing, and Environmental Studies, University
of San Francisco)

4:15-5:30 BEYOND THE GULF
Oil Issues in Ecuador, Mexico, the Niger Delta, and the Sudan

Moderator: Lois Lorentzen (Theology and Religious Studies, University of San
Francisco)

Giant Oil Spills: Pemex Ixtoc I of Mexico and Chevron in Ecuador
Antonia Juhasz (Director, Energy Program, Global Exchange)

Oil and the Niger Delta
G. Ugo Nwokeji (African American Studies, University of California at Berkeley)

Oil Issues in the Sudan
Gamal Adam (Department of Sociology, University of San Francisco)

5:30-6:30 RECEPTION

 

Location:
University of San Francisco McLaren, Room 252
San Francisco, CA

Contact:
Carissa Harvey
clharvey@usfca.edu

Sponsored By:
University of San Francisco, College of Arts & Sciences & School of Law