BP oil spill – One year later

Jo Breiner — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:59:35 +0000

Boston University professor Cutler Cleveland is director of BU’s Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, editor of the Encyclopedia of Earth, fellow at BU’s Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future, and editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Energy. He is available to offer commentary, analysis and insight on the first anniversary of the BP Gulf oil spill.

Contact 617-353-3083, cutler@bu.edu

World food prices hit record

Jo Breiner — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:15:38 +0000

The United Nations announced today that global food prices hit a record high in February and warned that rising oil prices will make an already unstable global situation much worse. Boston University professors are available to offer expert analysis and commentary on the impact of this new information.

Michael Salinger, School of Management Professor/Everett W. Lord Distinguished Faculty Scholar, Markets, Public Policy and Law; Expert in industrial economics; Former Director of the Bureau of Economics at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission; Recently quoted in the Boston Herald – “Rising food and gas prices a real downer”

Contact 617-353-4408, salinger@bu.edu

Adil Najam, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Longer-Range Future; Expert in Middle East politics, developing countries

Contact 617-358-4002, anajam@bu.edu, Twitter: @adilnajam

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BP oil spill – One year later

World food prices hit record