This past Saturday the New York Times printed a fascinating interview with Chris Oynes, the former director of the gulf office of the Mineral Management Service (MMS), the agency responsible for issuing permits for off-shore drilling, including the B……Continue Reading Why Agencies Fail: Revisiting the Oil Spill and the MMS
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Why the Minerals Management Service Should Not Be Blamed for the Oil Spill
Not surprisingly, the Gulf Oil spill has prompted the media to shine a spotlight on the Mineral Management Service (MMS), the government agency responsible for issuing permits allowing oil companies to drill in federally-owned waters. Stories such ……Continue Reading Why the Minerals Management Service Should Not Be Blamed for the Oil Spill