[GRN] Op-Ed: Warnings from the Gulf

Op-Ed published on March 28, 2015 in The Virginian-Pilot by Cynthia Sarthou, Exec. Director at Gulf Restoration Network When the Obama administration announced it would open the Atlantic Coast to offshore oil drilling in January, references to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill began almost immediately. While Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell asserted the government had "learned from the challenges" of the 2010 disaster, those alarmed by the decision to open the Atlantic reminded…