IN THE NEWS:
PSDS mourns to loss of Jimmy Chandler: founder of the South Carolina Environmental Law Project
The Miami Herald story about the Gulf sand berm project includes comments from PSDS Director Rob Young and references the open letter to Thad Allen:
Spill demands technical, not political, fix
By Fred Grimm
Published: July 24, 2010
"I don't know of a coastal scientist who thinks this project is a good idea,'' said Rob Young, director of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines at Western Carolina University.
Newsweek article about the open letter to Thad Allen regarding the re-engineering of the Gulf Coast in response to the oil spill:
By Sharon Begley
Published: July 23, 2010
It took only 24 hours to get 21 of the nation’s most prominent coastal scientists to sign on to an impassioned letter to Ret. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, national incident commander of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
Check out photos from our most recent flight (7.19.10) over the sand berm being constructed along the Chandeleur Islands and Dauphin Island, AL: http://psds.shutterfly.com/sandberm
CNN's Anderson Cooper talks to PSDS Director Rob Young on the use of berms as part of the oil spill cleanup.
July 16, 2010
PSDS Director Rob Young was interviewed from WCU about the use of sand berms in the oil spill cleanup.
Rob Young's live interview on "The Rachel Maddow Show", broadcasted on June 16 on MSNBC:
Rachel Maddow Show
June 16, 2010
PSDS Director Rob Young was inteviewed live from WCU about the plan for building sand berms in the Gulf of Mexico during the June 16 episode of MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show"
NPR's All Things Considered story about the sand berm project in the Gulf of Mexico, featuring PSDS Director Rob Young:
Scientist Warns Sand Berms Won't Last
Hosted by Melissa Block
June 11, 2010
Dredging is about to begin in the Gulf of Mexico that will create 40 miles of offshore sand berms. The goal: keep oil from reaching the Louisiana coast.
PSDS Director Rob Young's latest Op-Ed on the oil spill crisis from the New York Times:
A Sand Trap in the Gulf
By Rob Young
Published: June 14, 2010
Of the many cleanup solutions being pursued in the Gulf of Mexico, few are as ambitious as Louisiana’s berm project.
Scientific American story about oil spill response includes comment from PSDS Director Rob Young:
Slosh and Berm: Building Sand Barriers off Louisiana's Coast to Hold Back Spill Has Low Probablity of Success
By David Biello
Published: June 8, 2010
The oil spill will not just have an environmental impact--the catastrophe, along with efforts to stop it, may reshape the geography of Louisiana's Gulf coast.
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