Uh oh. Cascading Effect on the Environment Expected

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2. If it takes decades, you can't send anyone the bill- follow the money

A. Gulf Coast Operations, Response, and Policy Consortium

The Gulf Coast Operations, Response, and Policy Consortium (GCORP) “establishes a group of institutions within Texas that will jointly conduct research to address the unprecedented environmental damage created by [the Deepwater Horizon] oil spill. Based on their existing wealth of data from the Gulf environment, consortium institutions can immediately begin providing information to scientists, policy makers, industry, and other stakeholder groups affected by this spill.”

GCORP members include:

Bush School of Government and Public Service
Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University - Galveston Campus
The University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin - Energy Institute
University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System
LBJ School of Public Affairs
Texas A&M College of Education and Human Development
Texas A&M University College of Geosciences
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Texas Engineering Experiment Station
Texas State University
Texas Tech University, Institute of Environmental and Human Health
The University of Texas at Austin Cockrell School of Engineering
University of Houston Clear Lake - Environmental Institute of Houston
University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences http://vpr.tamu.edu/funding/gulfresearch

Big oil playing games again...