FSU Experts Will Discuss Future Of Oil, Gas Development In Florida
Now that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is capped, one question that percolates to the surface is, “What is the future of oil and gas development in the northeastern Gulf and, more specifically, for Florida?”
At a free, public lecture on Thursday, Sept. 9, at The Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory, two FSU faculty members will join forces to answer that question. Speaking will be Donna R. Christie –– the College of Law’s Elizabeth C. & Clyde W. Atkinson Professor and Associate Dean for International Programs, and a leading authority on legal issues surrounding ocean and coastal management law –– and Felicia C. Coleman, a distinguished marine ecologist in the Department of Biological Science, and the director of the Coastal and Marine Laboratory.
Christie and Coleman will discuss the legal procedures that accompany oil and gas development and the economic, legal and ecological liabilities involved. In the process, they will review the trajectory of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the impact is has had on the way many people now think about energy use in the United States.
Refreshments will be served following the lecture, which will be held:
THURSDAY, SEPT. 9
7 P.M.
AUDITORIUM
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COASTAL AND MARINE LABORATORY
3618 COASTAL HIGHWAY
ST. TERESA
The FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory is located in Franklin County at the intersection of highways 319 and 98, halfway between Carrabelle and Panacea, about 45 miles southwest of Tallahassee.
To learn more about Thursday’s lecture, contact the laboratory at (850) 697-4120, or visit the website at www.marinelab.fsu.edu/.
