{"id":15133,"date":"2010-07-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-05T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yfiledev.uit.yorku.ca\/2010\/07\/05\/talk-examines-public-policy-behind-the-bp-oil-spill\/"},"modified":"2025-04-01T15:06:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T19:06:02","slug":"talk-examines-public-policy-behind-the-bp-oil-spill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/2010\/07\/05\/talk-examines-public-policy-behind-the-bp-oil-spill\/","title":{"rendered":"Talk examines public policy behind the BP oil spill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Could the oil spill&nbsp;in the Gulf of Mexico have been prevented if a different group of people had created the oil production and environmental regulations governing the region? 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