Wesley Warren

Director of Programs, NRDC

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Director of Programs for the National Resources Defense Council

Wesley Warren on KCRW

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From the Gulf Coast to the White House to the offices of the British oil giant BP, the word is " unprecedented ." Nobody's ever seen anything like this before.

The Gulf Oil Spill: The Environment, the Economy and the Politics

From the Gulf Coast to the White House to the offices of the British oil giant BP, the word is " unprecedented ." Nobody's ever seen anything like this before.

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