Finding secure, safe and reliable sources of energy to power world economic growth will be one of the great challenges of this century. The Harvard University Center for the Environment invites the Harvard community to take up the challenge by participating in this ongoing series of discussions. THE FUTURE OF ENERGY Spring 2011 “In Deep Water: The Gulf Oil Spill Disaster and the Future of Offshore Drilling in the U.S." Cherry A. Murray, Dean, Harvard School of Engineering & Applied Sciences; Commission Member, National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling with Richard Sears, MIT Visiting Scientist; Commission Senior Science and Engineering Advisor TODAY 6:00 pm Harvard University Science Center D 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge On April 20, 2010 the U.S. faced the worst accidental oil spill—and by some assessments—environmental disaster in the history of the country. The Transocean Deepwater Horizon rig, 41 miles off the coast of Louisiana, blew up, killing 11 and leaking millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. As the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshoring Drilling wraps up its investigative report, Commission member Cherry A. Murray will offer a rare insider’s look on carrying out President Obama’s charge to “follow the facts wherever they led.” Rich Sears, who served as the Senior Science and Engineering Advisor on the Commission and is a former VP of Deepwater Services at Royal Dutch Shell, will then give a primer on such wells are drilled and explore the what and why of the blowout that doomed the Deepwater Horizon. Murray will conclude with a summary of the recommendations given by the Commission to the U.S. Congress and the oil/gas industries. Both will answer questions about the lessons learned from the accident and suggest ways to move forward. The Future of Energy lecture series is sponsored by the Harvard University Center for the Environment with generous support from Bank of America. All of the lectures are free and open to the public. View detailed lecture information at www.environment.harvard.edu. Contact: Brenda Hugot Program Administrator Harvard University Center for the Environment 24 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 bhugot(a)fas.harvard.edu p. 617-496-1788 f. 617-496-0425 *|LIST:Future of Energy|* [2]Unsubscribe aspuru-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu from this list. Links: 2. http://harvard.us1.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe&… Our mailing address is: 24 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA 02138 T: (617) 495-0368 www.environment.harvard.edu Copyright (C) 2008 Harvard University. All rights reserved. [3]Forward this email to a friend Links: 3. http://us1.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe&id…