Episode Details

Today on Louisiana Considered, we bring you the second part of the latest episode of our climate change podcast, Sea Change.

Last week, we looked into the impacts of the largest environmental disaster in US history: the BP Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010. We were joined by investigative reporter Sara Sneath to learn how spill cleanup workers are still facing health impacts 13 years later. Then we spoke with Sheree Kerner, whose husband, Frank Stuart, died after exposure to toxins during the cleanup. 

Today, we are joined by Kevin Sligh, the director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, to discuss whether the broken system has been fixed and what is being done to prevent another disaster.

Today’s episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Kezia Setyawan. Our managing producer is Alana Schreiber and our digital editor is Katelyn Umholtz. Our engineers are Garrett Pittman and Aubry Procell.

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