Deepwater Horizon oil spill
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Sep 22, 2026
Jeff ByardGUEST
So power is key.
Jeff ByardGUEST
A disaster that wasn't Team Rubicon related, but I always tell people it's the hardest disaster I ever worked that we didn't lose power was 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Jeff ByardGUEST
But we had power.
Jeff ByardGUEST
It was still a disaster, but we had power.
Dahlia LithwickHOST
Joining us to discuss all of this and more is our friend Sam Sankar.
Dahlia LithwickHOST
Senior Vice President of Programs at Earthjustice, Sam has been working on environmental issues throughout his career, which has included service as an engineer at Superfund sites, a senior executive at General Electric, an attorney at the Justice Department, and counsel to the Presidential Commission that investigated the Deepwater Horizons bill.
Dahlia LithwickHOST
Sam, that was a long and rather wretched opening, if I do say so myself.
Dahlia LithwickHOST
But welcome back to the show.
Dahlia LithwickHOST
Joining us to discuss all of this and more is our friend Sam Sankar.
Dahlia LithwickHOST
Senior Vice President of Programs at Earthjustice, Sam has been working on environmental issues throughout his career, which has included service as an engineer at Superfund sites, a senior executive at General Electric, an attorney at the Justice Department, and counsel to the Presidential Commission that investigated the Deepwater Horizons bill.
Dahlia LithwickHOST
Sam, that was a long and rather wretched opening, if I do say so myself.
Dahlia LithwickHOST
But welcome back to the show.