BP Deepwater Horizon Commission Membership Report

8/9/2019 BP Deepwater Horizon Commission Membership Report

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N ATIONAL COMMISSION O N T HE BP D EEPWATER H ORIZON O IL SPILL A ND O FFSHORE D RILLING : Q UESTIONABLE E XPERTISE A ND O BJECTIVITY

Table of Contents

About The Commission Members .............................................................................................................................. 2 Richard Lazarus ........................................................................................................................................

William Reilly ............................................................................................................................................ D. Robert Bob Graham....................................................................................................................... 4 Frances G. Beinecke ................................................................................................................................. Cherry A. Murray ...................................................................................................................................... Frances Fran Ulmer.............................................................................................................................. 1 Donald F. Boesch ................................................................................................................................... 11

Terry D. Garcia ....................................................................................................................................... 1 Commission Members Questionable Qualifications: Politicians, Environmentalists, And Lawyers............ 15

Politicians ................................................................................................................................................. Environmental Lawyers ......................................................................................................................... 16 Political Lawyers ..................................................................................................................................... 1

Environmentalists ................................................................................................................................... 1 Arent There Any Engineers? ................................................................................................................ 17 Commission Members Questionable Objectivity ................................................................................................... 18

Graham: Lifelong Crusader Against Oil Drilling ............................................................................... 18 Reilly: No Stranger To Drilling Moratoriums ..................................................................................... 19 Beinecke: Ban Drilling............................................................................................................................ 1 Boesch: Get Off Oil ............................................................................................................................... 20 Ulmer: Climate Critic That Supports Organizations Opposing Offshore Drilling ...................... 21 Murray: Climate Change Sympathizer ................................................................................................. 22 Garcia: Wonderful Opportunities In Environmental Justice....................................................... 22

Commission Members Financial Contributions .................................................................................................... 23


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A BOUT T HE COMMISSION MEMBERS

R ICHARD L AZARUS Executive Director, National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore

Drilling, Office of the Secretary, United States Department of Energy Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585-1000

Fax: (202) 586-4403 Tel: (202) 586-5000

E-mail: [email protected]

Positions:

Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. Professor of Law, The Law Center, Georgetown University

Career History:

Career Attorney, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Office of the Associate Attorney General, United States Department of Justice (1979-1983)

Assistant to the Solicitor General, Office of the Solicitor General, Office of the Deputy Attorney General, United States Department of Justice (1986-1989)

Professor, Indiana University System Professor, Northwestern University Visiting Professor of Law, University of San Diego Professor, Washington University Professor, University of Tennessee System Professor, Columbia University

Visiting Professor, Harvard University (2009)

Biography: Richard Lazarus is the Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center, where he teachesEnvironmental Law, Natural Resources Law, Supreme Court Advocacy, and

Torts. He has a B.S. from the University of Illinois in Chemistry and a B.A. inEconomics, and his law degree is from Harvard. At Georgetown, he is also theFaculty Director of Supreme Court Institute, which sponsors academic coursesand workshops on the Supreme Court and provides practice moot courtarguments for counsel for more than ninety percent of the cases before theCourt.

He has previously taught at Indiana University, Harvard University, Northwestern University,University of San Diego, University of Texas, and Washington University schools of law. For thepast three summers, he has co-taught a course on the history of the Supreme Court of the UnitedStates with the Chief Justice of the United States. Professor Lazarus worked for the United States

Justice Department, both in the Environment and Natural Resources Division (1979-83) and theSolicitor General's Office (1986-89), where he was Assistant to the Solicitor General.


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Professor Lazarus has represented the United States, state and local governments, andenvironmental groups in the United States Supreme Court in 37 cases and has presented oralargument in 13 of those cases. He most recently served as counsel of record for environmentalrespondents Riverkeeper et al in Entergy v. Riverkeeper, argued in December 2008. He alsorepresented the United States in U.S. v. Chem-Dyne, the first case to establish joint and several

liability underCERCLA, and the California Supreme Court case, National Audubon Society v.Superior Court of Alpine County, applying the public trust doctrine to Mono Lake.

His primary areas of legal scholarship are environmental and natural resources law, with particularemphasis on constitutional law and the Supreme Court. He has published two books, The Making of Environmental Law (U. Chicago 2004), and Environmental Law Stories (Aspen Press, co-edited

with O. Houck). Professor Lazarus has won the faculty teaching award at both WashingtonUniversity and Georgetown University. (Georgetown University, http://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/lazarus/Bio.html ,

Accessed 7/9/10)

WILLIAM R EILLY Co-Chair, National Commission On The BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill And Offshore

DrillingPresident and Chief Executive Officer, Aqua International Partners, LP

345 California Street, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94104 Tel: (415) 743-1505

Positions:

President and Chief Executive Officer, Aqua International Partners, LP Chair, Board of Advisors, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke

University

Chairman Emeritus, Board of Directors, World Wildlife Fund Chairman Emeritus, Officers and Management, World Wildlife Fund Member of the Board Director, Board of Directors, AgraQuest, Inc. Director, Board of Directors, American Academy in Rome Director, Board of Directors, ConocoPhillips Director, Board of Directors, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company Director, Board of Directors, Energy Future Holdings Corp. Director, Board of Directors, Enviance, Inc. Director, Board of Directors, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. Senior Advisor, TPG, Inc. Trustee, Board of Trustees, David and Lucile Packard Foundation Trustee, Board of Trustees, National Geographic Society

Career History: CPT United States Army (1966-1967) President, The Conservation Foundation (1973-1989) Chairman, Natural Resources Council of America (1981-1983) President, World Wildlife Fund (1985-1989)


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Member, United States Association of Former Members of Congress Public Member, Board of Directors, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Career History:

State Representative (D-FL), Florida Legislature (1967-1969) State Senator (D-FL), Florida Senate (1970-1978)

Governor (D-FL), State of Florida (1979-1986) Senior Fellow, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (2005-2006) Member, U.S. Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee, United States Senate Member, U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, United States Senate Member, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate Member, Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate Member, Committee on Finance, United States Senate Ranking, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Water, Committee on Environment and

Public Works, United States Senate

Member, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Committee on Environment andPublic Works, United States Senate Chairman, Select Committee on Intelligence, United States Senate U.S. Senator, Office of Senator Bob Graham (D-FL), United States Senate (1987-2005) Chairman, Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism, United States Congress (2008-2010)

Biography: Senator Bob Graham is the former two term governor of Florida and served for 18 years in the United States Senate. This iscombined with 12 years in the Florida legislature for a total of 38 years of public service. As Governor and Senator, Bob Graham was a centrist,committed to bringing his colleagues together behind programs that servedthe broadest public interest. He was recognized by the people of Florida

when he received an 83% approval ranking as he concluded eight years asGovernor. Bob Graham retired from public service in January 2005,following his Presidential campaign in 2004.

Bob Graham is recognized for his leadership on issues ranging fromhealthcare and environmental preservation to his ten years of service on the Senate SelectCommittee on Intelligence including eighteen months as chairman in 2001 2002. Following therelease of the Joint Inquiry's final report in July 2003, Senator Bob Graham steadfastly advocatedreform of the intelligence community and sponsored legislation to bring about needed changes. Inthe fall of 2004 Senator Bob Graham authored Intelligence Matters based upon his experiencesgleaned during the joint inquiry and his analysis of the run up to the Iraq war.

After retiring from public life, Senator Bob Graham served for a year as a senior fellow at theHarvard Kennedy School of Government where he lectured to undergraduate, graduate andexecutive management students. His primary focus was on civic education and intelligence. Theseissues continue to be of great importance to Senator Bob Graham. He is currently researching and

writing a book about civic participation, tentatively entitled What Citizens Need to Know to Make


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Democracy Respond; Intelligence Matters will be published as a paperback with updating in the fallof 2008.

Senator Bob Graham has also been a regular contributor to National Public Radio's Morning Edition, a frequent guest on CNN, Fox and MSNBC news, and has written opinion editorials for

newspapers. Since retirement, his commentaries have appeared in the New York Times, WashingtonPost, The Financial Times, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, Charlotte Observer, Washington Times, Miami Herald, Orlando Sentinel, St. Petersburg Times, South Florida Sun Sentinel, SarasotaHerald Tribune, Gainesville Sun, Palm Beach Post, Tallahassee Democrat and the Tampa Tribune.

Senator Bob Graham serves as the chair of the Board of Overseers of the Graham Center forPublic Service. This Center, with a home at the University of Florida and the University of Miami,commenced programs in the fall of 2007 in the areas of Public Service, Homeland Security, and The

Americas, subjects in which he has been deeply involved during his public career.

Since his retirement, Senator Bob Graham has been recognized by national and Floridaorganizations for his public service. These include: The Woodrow Wilson Institute award for PublicService, The National Park Trust Public Service award, The Everglades Coalition Hall of Fame, TheFlorida Homebuilders Hall of Fame, The largest bridge in Florida, constructed while he wasGovernor, was renamed the Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge, LeRoy Collins LifetimeLeadership Award from Leadership Florida, An honorary doctorate of public service from his almamater, the University of Florida, Honorary doctorate from Pomona College, Honorary doctoratefrom Nova Southeastern University.

Bob and Adele have returned to their home in Miami Lakes, Florida, and are enjoying more time with their four daughters and eleven grandchildren. (AEI, http://www.aeispeakers.com/print.php?SpeakerID=1230 , Accessed 7/9/10)

F RANCES G. BEINECKE Member, National Commission On The BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill And Offshore

Drilling, Office Of The Secretary, United States Department Of EnergyPresident, Natural Resources Defense Council

40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011 Tel: (212) 727-2700Fax: (212) 727-1773

Positions:

President, Natural Resources Defense Council Advisor, Board of Advisors, School of Management, Yale University Board Member, Board of Directors, Alliance to Save Energy Director, Board of Directors, World Resources Institute Member, Board of Advisors, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University Member, National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling,

Office of the Secretary, United States Department of Energy Member, Steering Committee, Energy Future Coalition


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Career History:

Coastal Resource Specialist, Natural Resources Defense Council (1974-1983) Associate Director, Natural Resources Defense Council

Deputy Executive Director, Natural Resources Defense Council Executive Director, Natural Resources Defense Council (1998-2005)

Biography: Frances Beinecke is the president of NRDC. Under Frances'sleadership, the organization has launched a new strategic campaign that sharply focuses NRDC's efforts on curbing global warming, moving America beyondoil, reviving the world's oceans, saving endangered wild places, stemming thetide of toxic chemicals and accelerating the greening of China.

Frances has worked with NRDC for more than 30 years. Prior to becoming the president in 2006, she served as the organization's executive director foreight years, during which time NRDC's membership doubled and the staff grew to more than 300. She also worked as a member of NRDC's water andcoastal program, fighting to protect marine ecosystems from offshore oil and

gas development and advocating for sound coastal land use.

In addition to her work at NRDC, Frances has played a leadership role in several otherenvironmental organizations. She currently serves on the boards of the World Resources Institute,the Energy Future Coalition and Conservation International's Center for Environmental Leadershipin Business and is on the steering committee of the U.S. Climate Action Partnership. She has been amember of the boards of the Wilderness Society, the China-U.S. Center for SustainableDevelopment and the New York League of Conservation Voters.

Francesreceived a bachelor's degree from Yale College and a master's degree from the Yale Schoolof Forestry and Environmental Studies. She now co-chairs the Leadership Council of the YaleSchool of Forestry, is a member of the School of Management's Advisory Board and a formermember of the Yale Corporation Frances has received the Rachel Carson Award from the National

Audubon Society, the Distinguished Alumni Award from Yale School of Forestry & EnvironmentalStudies, the Annual Conservation Award from the Adirondack Council and the Robert Marshall

Award from the Wilderness Society.

Lazarus specializes in environmental law and has participated in 40 cases before the U.S. SupremeCourt. For the past three summers, he has co-taught a course on the history of the Supreme Courtof the United States with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. Professor Lazarus worked for

the U.S. Department of Justice, both in the Environment and Natural Resources Division (1979-83)and the Solicitor General's Office (1986-89), where he was Assistant to the Solicitor General. Healso serves as Faculty Director of the Supreme Court Institute. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and earned a B.S. in chemistry and a B.A. in economics at the University of Illinois.

Mr. Lazarus has made a career out of suing private companies and governments to impose stricterenvironmental regulation. (Editorial, The White House Gets Drilled,Wall Street Journal , 7/9/10)


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CHERRY A. MURRAY Member, National Commission On The BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill And Offshore

Drilling, Office Of The Secretary, United States Department Of EnergyDean, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

Cambridge, MA 02138Direct-Dial: (617) 495-5829E-mail: [email protected]

Positions:

Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University Board Member, Governing Board, American Institute of Physics Director, Board of Directors, American Association for the Advancement of Science Immediate Past President, Council, The American Physical Society Member, National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling,

Office of the Secretary, United States Department of Energy

Career History:

Staff Scientist, Bell Labs Member, Visiting Committee, Department of Physics, Harvard University (1993-2004) Chair, Division on Engineering and Physical Systems, National Research Council, The National Academies

Senior Vice President, Physical Sciences Research, Lucent Technologies Inc. (2001-2004) General Councillor, The American Physical Society Councilor, National Academy of Sciences Deputy Director for Science and Technology, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Office

of the Under Secretary for Nuclear Security/Administrator for National Nuclear Security Administration, United States Department of Energy (2004-2007)

Principal Associate Director for Science and Technology, Lawrence Livermore NationalLaboratory, Office of the Under Secretary for Nuclear Security/Administrator for NationalNuclear Security Administration, United States Department of Energy (2007-2009)

Vice President, The American Physical Society (2007-2008) President-Elect, The American Physical Society (2008) President, The American Physical Society (2009)

Biography: Cherry A. Murray, who has led some of the nations mostbrilliant scientists and engineers as an executive at Bell Laboratories and theLawrence Livermore National Laboratory, was appointed dean of HarvardUniversitys School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), on July 1,2009. She also holds the John A. and Elizabeth S. Armstrong Professorshipof Engineering and Applied Sciences.


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Previously, Murray served as principal associate director for science and technology at LawrenceLivermore National Laboratory in Livermore, Calif., where she lead 3,500 employees in providing core science and technology support for Lawrence Livermores major programs. She is the currentpresident of the American Physical Society (APS).

Before joining Lawrence Livermore in 2004, Murray had a long and distinguished career at thefamed Bell Laboratories, home to creative researchers who went on to win numerous Nobel Prizes,garner tens of thousands of patents, and invent revolutionary technologies such as the laser and thetransistor. She was hired into Bell in 1978 as a staff scientist, marking the beginning of a career thatculminated in her position as senior vice president for physical sciences and wireless research.

Murray was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1999, to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2001, and to the National Academy of Engineering in 2002. She has served onmore than 80 national and international scientific advisory committees, governing boards, andNational Research Council (NRC) panels, including chairing the Division of Engineering andPhysical Science of the NRC, and serving on the visiting committee for Harvards Department of Physics from 1993 to 2004.

A celebrated experimentalist,Murray is well-known for her scientific accomplishments using lightscattering, an experimental technique where photons are fired at a target of interest. Scientists canthen gather insights into surface physics and photonic behavior by analyzing the spray of photons in

various directions from such collisions.

She is also a leader in the study of soft condensed matter and complex fluids, hybrid materials thatshow properties of different phases of matter. The control of suspensions, foams, and emulsions hasapplication for the development of everything from novel drug delivery systems to lab-on-a-chipdevices.

Among other diverse topics in condensed matter physics, Murray has studied semiconductorsoptical phenomena, nanostructures, phase transitions, and controlled self-assembly of opticalmaterials all critical for the advancement of quantum optics, engineered semiconductors, andtools such as optical tweezers.

Born in Fort Riley, Kan., and the daughter of a diplomat, Murray lived in the United States, Japan,Pakistan, South Korea, and Indonesia as a child. She received her B.S. in 1973 and her Ph.D. inphysics in 1978 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has published more than 70papers in peer-reviewed journals and holds two patents in near-field optical data storage and opticaldisplay technology.

In 1989, Murray won the APSs Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award for outstanding achievement by a woman physicist in the early years of her career, and in 2005, she was awarded APSs George E.Pake Prize in recognition of outstanding work combining original research accomplishments withleadership and development in industry. In 2002, Discover Magazine named her one of the 50 MostImportant Women in Science. (Cherry A. Murray,http://www.seas.harvard.edu/directory/camurray , Accessed 7/9/10)


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F RANCES FRAN ULMER Member, National Commission On The BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill And Offshore

Drilling, Office Of The Secretary, United States Department Of EnergyChancellor, University of Alaska Anchorage

3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508-8060Direct-Dial: (907) 786-1437Fax: (907) 786-6123


Positions:

Chancellor, University of Alaska Anchorage Member, Advisory Board, Union of Concerned Scientists Member, Dialogue and Commission on Arctic Climate Change, The Aspen Institute Member, National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling,

Office of the Secretary, United States Department of Energy

Current Memberships:

Vice Chair, Board of Directors, The Nature Conservancy in Alaska, The Nature Conservancy

Career History:

Legal Counsel, Alaska State Legislature (1973-1975) Legislative Assistant, Office of the Governor, State of Alaska (1975-1977) Director, Policy Development, Office of the Governor, State of Alaska (1977-1981) Governmental Affairs Consultant (1981-1983) Mayor, Office of the Mayor and Assembly, City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska (1983-1985) Representative, Alaska State Legislature (1986-1994) Lieutenant Governor, Office of the Lieutenant Governor, State of Alaska (1994-2002) Fellow, Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (2003) Director, Institute of Social and Economic Research, College of Business and Public Policy,

University of Alaska Anchorage (2005-2007) Interim Chancellor, University of Alaska Anchorage (2007-2008) Trustee, Board of Trustees, National Parks Conservation Association

Biography: Fran Ulmer is chancellor of Alaskas largest public university, theUniversity of Alaska Anchorage (UAA). In addition to serving as UAAsChancellor, Ms. Ulmer was appointed by President Barack Obama in June 2010to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill andOffshore Drilling. The commission is charged with investigating the causes of the explosion and oil spill, and recommending changes to prevent futuredisasters from occurring.


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Prior toher appointment to the oil spill commission, Ms. Ulmer was a member of the AspenInstitute's Commission on Arctic Climate Change and held Board positions with the Alaska NatureConservancy, the National Parks Conservation Association and the Union of Concerned Scientists.

Appointed Chancellor in 2007, Ms. Ulmer previously was a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Institute of Social and Economic Research at UAA.

During her more than 30 years of work in public service onthe local, state and national level, Ms.Ulmer has helped to shape both public and environmental policy. As a state legislator, Ms. Ulmerserved on the Special Committee on the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Claims Settlement. In addition, she

was the first Chair of the Alaska Coastal Policy Council and served for more than 10 years on theNorth Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission. Ms. Ulmer served as an elected official for 18 years asthe mayor of Juneau, a state representative and as Lieutenant Governor of Alaska. As Director of Policy Development for the State of Alaska, Ms. Ulmer managed diverse programs, including coastalmanagement, intergovernmental coordination, and public participation initiatives.

At the national level, Ms. Ulmer served as a member of the Federal Communications Commission'sState and Local Advisory Committee, the Federal Elections Commission's State Advisory Committee and co-chaired the National Academies of Sciences Committee on State VoterRegistration Databases.

Ms. Ulmer earned a J.D. cum laude from the University of Wisconsin Law School, and has been aFellow at the Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School of Government. (Office Of The Chancellor,http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/chancellor/bio.cfm , Accessed 7/9/10)

D ONALD F. BOESCH Member, National Commission On The BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill And Offshore

Drilling, Office Of The Secretary, United States Department Of Energy

Vice Chancellor, Environmental Sustainability, University System of Maryland3300 Metzerott Road, Adelphi, MD 20783 Tel: (301) 445-2740


Positions:

Vice Chancellor, Environmental Sustainability, University System of Maryland Chair, Ocean Studies Board, National Research Council, The National Academies Member, Committee on America's Climate Choices, The National Academies Member, National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling,

Office of the Secretary, United States Department of Energy President and Professor of Marine Science, The University of Maryland Center for

Environmental Science, University System of Maryland

Career History:

Professor of Marine Science, Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College


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Executive Director, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Board of Regents, State of Louisiana (1980-1990)

Acting Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs, University System of Maryland (2002-2003)

Biography: Don Boesch is a Professor of Marine Science and President of

the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES). The Center is one of two research and service institutions in the 13-institutionUniversity System of Maryland. It conducts comprehensive research, trainsgraduate students, contributes to public education, and advises publicagencies and others on environmental and natural resource management fromits three laboratories distributed across the state: Appalachian Laboratory,Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, and Horn Point Laboratory. In additionthe Center administers Maryland Sea Grant.

From June 2002 through October 2003, Dr. Boesch also served as Interim Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs of the University System of Maryland. In 2008, Dr. Boesch was given theadditional responsibility of Vice Chancellor for Environmental Sustainability to lead the University Systems Environmental Sustainability Initiative.

A native of New Orleans, Don Boesch received his B.S. fromTulane University and Ph.D. fromthe College of William & Mary. He was a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Queensland and subsequently served on the faculty of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. In1980 he became the first Executive Director of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium(LUMCON), where he was also a Professor of Marine Science at Louisiana State University. Heassumed his present position in Maryland in 1990.

Dr. Boesch is a biological oceanographer who has conducted research in coastal and continentalshelf environments along the Atlantic Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico, eastern Australia and the

East China Sea. He has published two books and more than 85 papers on marine benthos,estuaries, wetlands, continental shelves, oil pollution, nutrient over-enrichment, environmentalassessment and monitoring and science policy. Presently his research focuses on the use of sciencein ecosystem management.

Don Boesch is active in extending knowledge to environmental and resource management atregional, national and international levels. He has served as science advisor to many state andfederal agencies and regional, national and international programs. He has chaired numerous of committees and scientific assessment teams that have produced reports on a wide variety of coastalenvironmental and climate change issues.

Presently, he is serving as Vice Chair of the Ocean Studies Board of the National Research Counciland a member of the National Academies Committee on Americas Climate Choices. (President,http://ca.umces.edu/president/ , Accessed 7/9/10)


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T ERRY D. G ARCIA Member, National Commission On The BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill And Offshore

Drilling, Office Of The Secretary, United States Department Of EnergyExecutive Vice President, Mission Programs, National Geographic Society

1145 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036-4688 Tel: (202) 857-7000Fax: (202) 775-6126


Positions:

Executive Vice President, Mission Programs, National Geographic Society o Federal Legislative Issues: Conservation; Environment

Council Member, Advisory Council, The Texas A&M University System Member, National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling,

Office of the Secretary, United States Department of Energy Trustee Emeritus, Board of Trustees, National Marine Sanctuary Foundation

Career History:

Member, Board of Directors, Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research Member, U.S. National Committee, Census of Marine Life, Consortium for Ocean Leadership Member, Board of Directors, Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration, Sea Research

Foundation Member, Advisory Council, Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M

University-Corpus Christi Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP General Counsel, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department

of Commerce (1994-1996) Deputy Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States

Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States

Department of Commerce (1998-1999)

Biography: Terry Garcia is executive vice president for Mission Programsfor the National Geographic Society . He is responsible for the Societys coremission programs, including programs that support and manage more than400 scientific field research, conservation and exploration projects annually.

In addition, he oversees the Societys Explorers-in-Residence and Emerging Explorers programs, geography and science education programs, geography competitions, development office, exhibitions, live events and the arts mediaprogram, which includes the All Roads film and photography program.Garcia is responsible for the five-year Genographic Project that will map thehistory of human migration and was instrumental in bringing to the United

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Prior tojoining the Society in 1999, Garcia was assistant secretary of commerce for oceans andatmosphere, U.S. Department of Commerce, and deputy administrator of the National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In this role he directed and coordinated U.S. coastal, oceanand atmospheric programs, including recovery of the endangered species, habitat conservationplanning, Clean Water Act implementation, the development of the national marine sanctuary

system and commercial satellite licensing.From 1994 to 1996, he was NOAAs general counsel. In that capacity he led the implementation of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Restoration Plan for Prince William Sound and the Gulf of Alaska.

Before entering government service, Garcia was a partner in the law firm of Manatt, Phelps &Phillips in Los Angeles

He is a member of the board of directors of the Institute for Exploration/Mystic Aquarium andthe Amazonian Center for Environmental Education and Research (ACEER). He is also a memberof the U.S. National Committee for the Census of Marine Life; the advisory board of the HarteResearch Institute of Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University; and trustee emeritus of theNational Marine Sanctuary Foundation. Garcia has also served on panels convened by theNational

Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Public Administration.

Garcia received his bachelors degree in international relations from American University and hislaw degree from The George Washington University. He lives in Washington, D .C. (Terry D. Garcia,http://press.nationalgeographic.com/pressroom/index.jsp?pageID=bios_detail&siteID=1&cid=1047670273520 , Accessed 7/9/10)


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COMMISSION MEMBERS Q UESTIONABLE Q UALIFICATIONS : POLITICIANS , E NVIRONMENTALISTS , A ND L AWYERS

PoliticiansGraham, A Life Long Politician, Spent Nearly Four Decades In Elected Office.

State Representative (D-FL), Florida Legislature (1967-1969)

State Senator (D-FL), Florida Senate (1970-1978) Governor (D-FL), State of Florida (1979-1986) U.S. Senator, Office of Senator Bob Graham (D-FL), United States Senate (1987-2005)

Ulmer Spent Nearly Two Decades In Elected Office Mayor, Office of the Mayor and Assembly, City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska (1983-1985) Representative, Alaska State Legislature (1986-1994) Lieutenant Governor, Office of the Lieutenant Governor, State of Alaska (1994-2002)

Ulmers Majo r Qualification To Serve On The Commission Is Her Previous MembershipOn The Special Committee On The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Claims Settlement, Rather Than

Any Training Or Expertise. During her more than 30 years of working in public service on thelocal, state and national levels, Ulmer has helped to shape both public and environmental policy. Asa state legislator, Ulmer served as a member on the Special Committee on the Exxon Valdez OilSpill Claims Settlement. In addition, Ulmer was the first chair of the Alaska Coastal Policy Council, amember of Governor Knowles Alaska Highway Natural Gas Policy Council and served for morethan 10 years on the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission. (The University Of Alaska At Anchorage,President Obama Names Chancellor Fran Ulmer To National Commission On BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Press Release, 6/15/10)

By Executive Order, President Obama Created And Tasked The National CommissionOn The BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill And Offshore Drilling With Examining TheRoot Cause Of The Disaster And Making Recommendations For Guarding AgainstFuture Disasters. Mission. The Commission shall: (a) examine the relevant facts andcircumstances concerning the root causes of the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster; (b) developoptions for guarding against, and mitigating the impact of, oil spills associated with offshoredrilling, taking into consideration the environmental, public health, and economic effects of suchoptions, including options involving:

(1) improvements to Federal laws, regulations, and industry practices applicable tooffshore drilling that would ensure effective oversight, monitoring, and response

capabilities; protect public health and safety, occupational health and safety, and theenvironment and natural resources; and address affected communities; and(2) organizational or other reforms of Federal agencies or processes necessary to ensuresuch improvements are implemented and maintained.

(c) submit a final public report to the President with its findings and options for consideration within 6 months of the date of the Commission's first meeting. (The White House, Press Release, ExecutiveOrder-- National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, 5/22/10)


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Ulmer Has Spent Her Career Working On A Range Of Divisive Issues, From FisheriesManagement To Federal Election Reform. (Elizabeth Bluemink, Ulmer Named To Commission Investigating Gulf Oil Spill, Anchorage Daily News , 6/15/10)

E NVIRONMENTAL L AWYERS Lazarus Is Referred To As The Leading Advocate On Environmental Issues Before TheSupreme Court. The leading advocate on environmental issues before the Supreme Court willmanage the bipartisan commission charged with investigating the causes and effects of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. (Jennifer Koons, 'Star Of Supreme Court Bar' Will Direct Investigative Panel,Greenwire , 6/25/10)

Lazarus Has Pa rticipated In Nearly 40 Cases Before The Supreme Court, Including A 2009 Clean Water Act Case, Riverkeeper V. EPA. (Jennifer Koons, 'Star Of Supreme Court Bar' Will DirectInvestigative Panel,Greenwire , 6/25/10)

Career Attorney, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Office of the Associate Attorney General, United States Department of Justice (1979-1983)

Assistant to the Solicitor General, Office of the Solicitor General, Office of the Deputy Attorney General, United States Department of Justice (1986-1989)

P OLITICAL L AWYERS Garcias Training Has Primarily Been In Politics And Law, Not Engineering. It wasGarcias grandfather who emigrated from Spain to the U.S., and Terry was born and raised in theState of Florida. He received his bachelors degree in International Relations from AmericanUniversity, and juris doctor degree (with honors) from George Washington University. (How TheCommerce Department Protects The Environment, Hispanic Times , 11/30/98)

Always Interested In Politics, [Garcia] Served As Counsel To The California DemocraticParty, And As Counsel To The Mondale And Hart Presidential Committees . (How The CommerceDepartment Protects The Environment, Hispanic Times , 11/30/98)

Garcias Experience Includes Restoration, But None In Petroleum Engineering Or Drilling. Garcia is a former assistant secretary of commerce for the oceans and atmosphere and deputy administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). From 1994 to1996, he also led the implementation of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Restoration Plan for the Prince

William Sound and the Gulf of Alaska. (Obama Taps Top Scientific Minds For Oil Spill Probe, Agence France Presse , 6/14/10)

Terry Garcia, An Executive Vice President At The National Geographic Society, WhoDirected Coastal Programs In The Clinton Administration, In Particular Recovery Of Endangered Species, Habitat Conservation Planning, And Clean Water ActImplementation, According To The White House Press Release. (Editorial, The Antidrilling Commission,Wall Street Journal , 6/22/10)


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E NVIRONMENTALISTS As A Life Long Conservationist, Reillys Appointment As EPA Director Garnered PraiseFrom Environmentalists. Among the few Bush actions widely praised by environmentalists is his

appointment of William Reilly, a longtime conservationist, to head the Environmental Protection Agency. (H. Josef Hebert, Clean Air Bill Signing Nears, Associated Press , 11/14/90)

Reilly Is Best Known As The Former Chairman Of The Large Environmental Lobby The World Wildlife Fund. William Reilly, who ran the Environmental Protection Agency underPresident George H.W. Bush but is best known as a former president and former chairman of the

World Wildlife Fund, one of the big environmental lobbies. (Editorial, The Antidrilling Commission,Wall Street Journal , 6/22/10)

Beineckes Career Spans 30 Years At The National Resources Defense Council, AdvocatingOn Behalf Of One Of The Most Powerful Environmental Lobbies In The Nation. NRDC isthe nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support

of 1.3 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and toensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things. . . . The New York Times calls us Oneof the nation's most powerful environmental groups. The National Journal says we're A credibleand forceful advocate for stringent environmental protection. (Natural Resources Defense Council,http://www.nrdc.org/about/who_we_are.asp , Accessed 7/9/10)

A RE T HERE A NY E NGINEERS ?Murray, While An Accomplished Scientist And Engineer, Has Concentrated Her Work In

The Field Of Physics. Among those tapped to join the commission are Cherry Murray, who wasappointed the dean of the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) andprofessor of engineering and applied sciences in July 2009. Named in 2002 by Discover Magazine asone of the 50 Most Important Women in Science, the White House said Murrays expertise was inmaterials physics, including the study of soft condensed matter and complex fluids. (Obama Taps TopScientific Minds For Oil Spill Probe, Agence France Presse , 6/14/10)

Dr. Boesch, [Is] An Oceanographer Who Has Worked In Both The Chesapeake Bay AndIn Louisiana. (Pamela Wood, Global Warming A Threat To Shores,The Capital , 2/25/07)


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COMMISSION MEMBERS Q UESTIONABLE O BJECTIVITY

GRAHAM : L IFELONG CRUSADER A GAINST O ILD RILLING

One Co -Chair Is Former Democratic Senator Bob Graham, Who Fought Drilling Off Florida Throughout His Career. (Editorial, The Antidrilling Commission,Wall Street Journal , 6/22/10)

Graham: Drilling Is Not The Solution To Our National Energy Woes, But The Crisis IsReal. (Op/Ed, Bob Graham, Draining America No Answer To Challenge, Sun-Sentinel , 7/6/08)

Graham Calls For Protecting The Nations Domestic Oil Supply, Not Drilling It. First, theUnited States must protect our dwindling domestic oil supply. The promise to make our nation

energy independent now sounds good. But we are the most depleted of the world's major oilsuppliers. (Op/Ed, Bob Graham, Draining America No Answer To Challenge, Sun-Sentinel , 7/6/08)

[O]ur Nation Sh ould Aggressively Forego Petroleum In Favor Of Smart, Sustainable, And Alternative Sources Of Fuel. (Op/Ed, Bob Graham, Draining America No Answer To Challenge, Sun-Sentinel , 7/6/08)

Graham Called For Electing A President That Would Reject Dangerous D istractions LikeOffshore Drilling. This new direction requires visionary leadership - the kind of leadership thatrejects dangerous distractions like offshore drilling in favor of real solutions. In the next fourmonths, we can determine which presidential candidate is most capable of that kind of leadership,and then re-energize America on November 4. (Op/Ed, Bob Graham, Draining America No Answer To Challenge, Sun- Sentinel , 7/6/08)

Graham Even Opposed A Plan To Survey The Nations Offshore Inventor ies, Calling TheSurvey Itself Harmful. The survey as proposed is not an innocuous study. It would require theuse of 3-D seismic technology, which is harmful to marine life, and core sampling, which issuspiciously similar to drilling. On its own, the survey would harm the very coastal resources we

want to protect. (Op/Ed, Bob Graham And Dianne Feinstein, A Backdoor Shift Toward Drilling, Sun-Sentinel , 7/6/03)

Graham Called Plans To Lift Drilling Moratoriums Drain America First. U.S. territory,including the off-shore and Arctic National Wildlife Reserve moratorium areas, contains 3 percentof the world's petroleum reserves. Yet the United States consumes 25 percent of the 85 millionbarrels of petroleum used daily across the globe. That imbalance will only worsen if we adopt the

McCain/Bush/Crist haste to drain America first. (Op/Ed, Bob Graham, Draining America No Answer To Challenge,Sun-Sentinel , 7/6/08)


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R EILLY : N O S TRANGER T O D RILLINGMORATORIUMS

In The Waning Days Of The Bush Administration, One Of Reillys Final Acts Was ToImpose Tougher Regulations On Offshore Oil Rigs In The Gulf Of Mexico. In the finalhours of the Bush administration, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a batch of environmental regulations including tighter pollution controls for offshore oil and gas drilling rigs. . .. One of the half dozen last-minute actions from the EPA imposes tougher restrictions on dumping

wastes into the ocean from offshore drilling rigs. The waste discharges will have to undergo moreextensive treatment before being put into the water under the EPA rule. The measure affects morethan 2,550 drilling rigs, most of them in the Gulf of Mexico. (H. Josef Hebert, EPA Fashions Last-Minute Batch of Environmental Regulations, The Associated Press , 1/20/93)

During His Tenure As EPA Administrator, The Bush Administration Banned OffshoreDrilling In Certain Areas For 10 Years. Starting fresh, Mr. Bush named a respected

environmentalist, William Reilly, to run the E.P.A. He strengthened the Clean Air Act andcommitted the U.S. to phasing out ozone-destroying chemicals. He banned oil drilling in severalsensitive offshore areas for 10 years. (Editorial, Bill Clinton, Environmentalist?,The New York Times , 1/5/93)

The Drilling Ban Extended To Massachusetts, Florida And Pacific Coasts. Bush getshigh marks for his support of the clean air legislation, which aims to halve the amount of acidrain over the next decade, and for his 10-year moratorium on offshore oil drilling off theMassachusetts, Florida and Pacific coasts. (Ross Gelbspan And Dianne Dumanoski, Environmentalists Assail Bush,The Boston Globe , 1/27/02)

In A Move To Advance The Cause Of Clean Air, U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyChief William K. Reilly Said In Los Angeles On Thursday That He Will ProposeUnprecedented Air Quality Controls On Oil And Gas Rigs Located Off The Pacific,

Atlantic, Arctic And Florida Gulf Coasts. (Larry B. Stammer, Epa Seeks Limit On Offshore Rig Emissions,Los Angeles Times , 11/22/91)

BEINECKE : B AN D RILLING On May 20, 2010 Beinecke Wrote That The Gulf Spill Isnt Just An Accident, But Rather

Was Caused By A Failed Energy Policy. Even as questions persist, there is one thing I know for certain: the Gulf oil spill isn't just an accident. It's the result of a failed energy policy, Beinecke

wrote on May 20. (Seth Borenstein, Obama Spill Panel Big On Policy, Not Engineering,Associated Press Financial Wire , 6/20/10)

[O]n June 3, May 27, May 22, May 18, May 4, She Called For Bans On Drilling Offshore And The Arctic. (Seth Borenstein, Obama Spill Panel Big On Policy, Not Engineering,Associated Press Financial Wire , 6/20/10)

Beinecke In A Letter To Obama: We Simply Dont Have To Jeopardize Our Oceans,Fishing Industry, Tourism Business, And Rich Coastal Ecosystems In Order To Fuel OurCars And Trucks. (NRDC, http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/fbeinecke/three_steps_obama_should_take.html , Accessed 7/9/10)


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In 2008, Beinecke Called Offshore Drilling A Needless Risk. Offshore drilling is a needlessrisk, said Ms. Beinecke in 2008, as part of her push for cap-and-trade legislation. (Editorial, The WhiteHouse Gets Drilled, Wall Street Journal , 7/9/10)

Beinecke On The Oil Spill: Must Place The Blame Where It Originated: Americas Addiction To Oil . Environmental activist Frances Beinecke on May 27 blogged: We can blameBP for the disaster and we should. We can blame lack of adequate government oversight for thedisaster and we should. But in the end, we also must place the blame where it originated: America'saddiction to oil. (Seth Borenstein, Obama Spill Panel Big On Policy, Not Engineering,Associated Press Financial Wire , 6/20/10)

BOESCH : GET O FF O IL Boesch Argued The Oil And Gas Extraction Industry Impact On The Gulf Coast WetlandsRepresent An Environmental Catastrophe. Donald Boesch, a University of Maryland biologicaloceanographer, who has opposed drilling off the Virginia coast and who argued that the impacts of the oil and gas extraction industry . . . on Gulf Coast wetlands represent an environmental

catastrophe of massive and underappreciated proportions. (Editorial, The Antidrilling Commission,Wall Street Journal , 6/22/10)

We Should Be Redoubling Our Efforts To Get Off Oil, Said Fellow Commission MemberDonald Boesch I n May. He Wants Transportation Not Powered By Liquid Petroleum. (Editorial, The White House Gets Drilled,Wall Street Journal , 7/9/10)

Boesch: Oil Production Has Come At A Real Price. But in an interview last month, as theoil spread in the Gulf of Mexico, he (Boesch) was less reticent. He said the blowout is an objectlesson of the Faustian bargain, if you will, that folks down there have gone into. You have theimpressive riches of the surface environment, the productivity. But the lure of having it all, having the wells associated with oil production has come at a real price. (Timothy B. Wheeler, Md. Scientist Brings Gulf Experience To Oil Spill Panel, The Baltimore Sun , 6/16/10) Boesch Has Been Outspoken About The Need To Get Off Oil. More recently, Boesch hastaken heat from climate-change skeptics for his outspoken defense of the scientific evidence thathuman activity is warming the planet. In the wake of his appointment to the oil spill panel, somebloggers have suggested that he would not be open-minded. They cited a blog post he wrote lastmonth for The Washington Post, saying that the huge spill was a reminder that we should beredoubling our efforts to get off oil and he hoped for Earth s sake that Congress would finally passenergy legislation. (Timothy B. Wheeler, Md. Scientist Brings Gulf Experience To Oil Spill Panel,The Baltimore Sun , 6/16/10)

Boesch Served As The Chairman Of The Outer Continental Shelf Scientific AdvisoryCommittee Under Reagan, And Opposed The Leasing Of Coastal Areas For Drilling. Interior Secretary James Watts ambitious five-year plan to open virtually all U.S. coastal areas to oiland gas drilling poses extensive environmental risks, a House panel was told Monday Dr. DonaldBoesch, chairman of the Outer Continental Shelf Scientific Advisory Committee, said he did notdisagree with Watts decision on environmental surveys, but Boesch said he opposed the acceleratedleasing program on other grounds. I question whether the environmental information can begenerated fast enough or evaluated quickly enough to determine whether the leases should beoffered, he said. Boesch said Watts plan, which would offer 10 times more acreage for lease eachyear than the original plan, might actually result in less exploration in so-called frontier areas where


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no drilling has taken place. Boesch said this could occur because oil companies will be givenincreased opportunities to bid in well-developed lease areas such as the Gulf Coast, where the risksare less. (Martin Crutsinger, Score Watt Plan,The Associated Press , 12/14/81)

Earlier I Commented Here That Expanded Offshore Production Would Not SignificantlyReduce Dependence On Foreign Oil And That We Should Be Redoubling Our Efforts ToGet Off Oil, Boesch Wrote. (Seth Borenstein, Spill Panel May Look At Energy Needs,The Associated Press , 6/3/10)

Boesch On Oil Dependence: I Hope For Earths Sake That The Winds Will Blow CongressOut Of Its Long- Winded Debate. (Seth Borenstein, Spill Panel May Look At Energy Needs,The Associated Press , 6/3/10)

ULMER : CLIMATE CRITIC T HAT SUPPORTSO RGANIZATIONS O PPOSING O FFSHORE

D RILLING Ulmer Is On The Board Of The Union Of Concerned Scientists, Which Opposes MoreOffshore Drilling. Fran Ulmer, Chancellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage, who is amember of the Aspen Institute's Commission on Arctic Climate Change. She's also on the board of the Union of Concerned Scientists, which opposes nuclear power and more offshore drilling and

wants government policies that reduce vehicle miles traveled (i.e., driving in cars).(Editorial, The Antidrilling Commission, Wall Street Journal , 6/22/10)

The University Of Alaska's Fran Ulmer Is On The Board Of The Union Of ConcernedScientists, Which Wants The U.S. To Curb Its Oil Addiction By Requiring That CarsGet At Least 42 Miles To The Gallon. (Editorial, The White House Gets Drilled,Wall Street Journal , 7/9/10)

Ulmer Serves On The Boards Of Several Climate Change And Conservation Organization. In addition to serving on the boards of several local organizations, Ulmer also serves on the Boardfor the Alaska Nature Conservancy, the National Parks Conservation Association, the Union of Concerned Scientists and the on Aspen Institutes Commission on Arctic Climate Change. In orderto focus her attention and avoid conflicts, Ulmer plans to resign these positions prior to beginning

work on the commission. (The University Of Alaska At Anchorage, President Obama Names Chancellor Fran Ulmer To NationalCommission On BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Press Release, 6/15/10)

[Ulmer] Has Also Been A Member Of The Commission On Arctic Climate Change RunBy The Aspen Institute, A Colorado- Based Think Tank. (Seth Borenstein, 2 Climate Change Experts To Sit OnInvestigation Panel, The Associated Press , 6/3/10)

Ulmer Opposed Efforts To Help Open ANWR To Drilling In The 1990s. Ulmer says she has vigorously supported opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration, but the softmoney group Supporting Alaskas Free Enterprise has pointed out that in 1991 she opposedproposals to pump up to $5 million into a national lobbying campaign to open ANWR. Ulmer saidshe voted against pumping extra money into the ANWR lobbying effort because the Hickeladministration didnt do a good enough job of justifying it. The Legislature had funded an ANWR effort the previous year. (Don Hunter, Ulmers Career Covers Gamut Of State Government, Anchorage Daily News , 10/27/02)


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MURRAY : CLIMATE CHANGE S YMPATHIZER Murrays American Physical Society Rejected Calls From Physicists To Alter TheOrganizations Doomsday Position On Climate Change.

Harvard's Cherry Murray is presidentof the American Physical Society that recently rejected calls from 160 physicists to alter itsdoomsday position on climate change, which demands immediate reductions in greenhouse-gasemissions to avoid significant disruptions in the Earth's physical and ecological systems, socialsystems, security and human health. (Editorial, The White House Gets Drilled, Wall Street Journal , 7/9/10)

G ARCIA : WONDERFUL O PPORTUNITIES INE NVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

Garcia Stressed The Importance Of Environmental Justice In A 1998 Interview. There are wonderful opportunities in environmental justice at all levels,Garcia told this reporter. He stressedthe importance of activism and having a voice in the political system, which can affect changes andimprove environmental conditions. (How The Commerce Department Protects The Environment, Hispanic Times , 11/30/98)

Appointee Terry Garcia Of The National Geographic Society Rapped The Bush Administration In 2008 For Not Doing More To Protect Oceans From Commercial AndRecreational Fishing, Oil And Gas Exploration Or Deep- Sea Mining. (Editorial, The White HouseGets Drilled, Wall Street Journal , 7/9/10)

Garcia Commended Bushs Standards For Ocean Protection, But Did Not Agree With The Allowance Of Oil And Gas Exploration In The Protected Areas. Two years ago,

President Bush set a new standard for global ocean protection when he created the world slargest no-take marine protected area in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The White Houserecently announced another group of sites in U.S. waters that will be assessed for protection asmarine monuments or sanctuaries. While a hopeful sign for ocean conservation, monument orsanctuary designation alone does not necessarily convey strong protection and could allow commercial and recreational fishing, oil and gas exploration or deep-sea mining. However, if these sites are designated as no-take reserves, where all extractive activity is excluded, it would beone of the most significant environmental achievements of any U.S. president. (Joshua Reichert And

Terry Garcia, Bushs New Ocean Protection Plan Needs More Teeth, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer , 9/11/08)


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COMMISSION MEMBERS F INANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Beinecke Has Contributed $52,990 To Environmental Campaign Funds Since 1989,Including The League Of Conservation Voters Which Is Imploring The Obama

Administration To Ban All Offshore Drilling 1:

Contributor Occupation Date Amount Recipient

BEINECKE, FRANCESBRONX,NY 10471

NRDC/LONG LAKE ENERGY CORP./PRESIDE 10/16/07 $5,000

League of Conservation Voters

BEINECKE, FRANCESNEW YORK,NY 10170 6/19/90 $5,000


BEINECKE, FRANCESNEW YORK,NY 10170 ENVIRONMENTALIST 2/10/89 $5,000


BEINECKE, FRANCESNEW YORK,NY 10011 NRDC 4/14/92 $5,000


BEINECKE, FRANCES

BRONX,NY 10471NRDC 10/6/00 $5,000 League of Conservation

VotersBEINECKE, FRANCESRIVERDALE,NY 10471

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSECOUNCIL 6/18/96 $2,500

New York League of Conservation Voters

BEINECKE, FRANCESRIVERDALE,NY 10471

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSECOUNCIL/E 3/1/06 $2,100 Yassky, David (D)

BEINECKE, FRANCESBRONX,NY 10471 NRDC 2/4/92 $1,000 Women's Campaign Fund


NATURAL RESOURCE DEFENSECOUN 6/13/00 $1,000 Chafee, Lincoln D (R)

BEINECKE, FRANCESBRONX,NY 10471 NRDC/PRESIDENT 7/9/07 $1,000 Hall, John (D)

BEINECKE, FRANCESNEW YORK,NM 10011 NRDC/ENVIRONMENTALIST 5/26/08 $1,000 Serrano, Jose E (D)


NATURAL RESOURCE DEFENSECOUN 6/26/00 $750 Chafee, Lincoln D (R)


NRDC/LONG LAKE ENERGY CORP./PRESIDE 11/9/07 $500


BEINECKE, FRANCESNEW YORK,NY 10011 NRDC 9/25/92 $300 Kostmayer, Peter H (D)

BEINECKE, FRANCESNEW YORK,NY 10016

NATIONAL RESOURCES DEFENSECOUNCIL 4/28/99 $300 Kostmayer, Peter H (D)

BEINECKE, FRANCESNEW YORK,NY 10011

NATIONAL RESOURCES DEFENSECOUNCIL/ 6/26/09 $250 Heinrich, Martin (D)

BEINECKE, FRANCESBRONX,NY 10471 NRDC 4/6/00 $250 New York Choice PAC

BEINECKE, FRANCESBBRONX,NY 10471

NRDC 8/28/08 $2,050 Clinton, Hillary (D)

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