This is the first of four discussions recorded in 2020, around the 10-year anniversary of the Deep Water Horizon disaster.

I speak with Dr Shahrokh Rouhani who was involved with the Deepwater Horizon environmental response team with the investigation and clean up following the disaster. We discuss how the US Environmental Protection Agency had to implement a completely new method for managing the huge response needed to manage the oil spill and protect the environment, and how it changed how government bodies and private companies approach environmental issues.

Photograph compliments of NOAA - https://darrp.noaa.gov/oil-spills/deepwater-horizon