The following UCLA faculty experts are available to discuss the major oil spill that is polluting San Francisco Bay and nearby beaches.

 

Matthew Kahn, a professor at the UCLA Institute of the Environment, writes frequently about the costs and benefits of environmental regulation. He recently published a peer-reviewed study that found members of Congress were less likely to take pro-green positions on legislation in the wake of environmental disasters than it other times during the same calendar year because such legislation tends to overreach.

 

Faculty expert bio: http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/catalog-record.aspx?rid=13836

 

 

Richard F. Ambrose, professor and director of the Environmental Science and Engineering Program at the UCLA School of Public Health, is an expert on the ecological impacts of contaminants in coastal and marine environments and the restoration of these habitats. His research, some of it funded by the California Department of Fish and Game Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR), focuses on protecting the ecology of coastal areas and includes coastal monitoring stations in Southern California to detect the effects of oil spills, global climate change and other incidents and circumstances.

 

Faculty expert bio: http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/catalog-record.aspx?rid=13856

 

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