Part 1. Professor Calls BP Oil Spill “Big Oil’s Chernobyl”

In part one of this GSN exclusive interview with Carl Safina, prominent author, marine conservationist, university professor and founder of the Blue Ocean Institute at Stony Brook University, Dr. Safina discusses the BP Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response plan, and questions how the Minerals and Mining Service could have granted a permit for BP to drill a mile deep in the Gulf of Mexico. He attributes the disaster to a culture of deregulation and lax oversight by the government.