Oil Spills: Research and Protests

Millions are pumped into research on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and high-profile arrests are made amid demonstrations fighting the construction of a new pipeline.

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Eight research teams will receive more than $112 million over three years to study the effects of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, according to the independent granting body established by BP after last year's environmental disaster. The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GRI) Research Board announced this week that the funding will go to multi-institution consortia that submitted proposals in April for a piece of the $500 million in grants promised by BP to track the impact of the spill. Some Gulf Coast researchers have been critical of the oil giant's granting program, citing a lack of independence and freedom to publish results of research funded by the GRI. Check out the full list of the newly funded research teams and their project ...

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Bob Grant
From 2017 to 2022, Bob Grant was Editor in Chief of The Scientist, where he started in 2007 as a Staff Writer. Before joining the team, he worked as a reporter at Audubon and earned a master’s degree in science journalism from New York University. In his previous life, he pursued a career in science, getting a bachelor’s degree in wildlife biology from Montana State University and a master’s degree in marine biology from the College of Charleston in South Carolina. Bob edited Reading Frames and other sections of the magazine.
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