Wesley Rosenfeld

Tropical storm/depression Bonnie has shut down drilling operation which aim to permanently shut-off BP’s Deepwater Horizon’s well, but the storm will also impact the oil that is off of Louisiana’s coast and in Louisiana’s wetlands. The National Oceanic and Atmosperic Administration, or NOAA, released a fact sheet on how a tropical weather system can effect […]

Many economists are waiting to create an economic impact statement for the BP drilling disaster until after the oil stops gushing out into the Gulf of Mexico. An economic impact statement is important for many reasons: (1) it will give a better idea to people of the severity of the disaster; (2) it will help