Event taps FIU expertise.<\/em><\/p>\n Joining the panel was Edward Glab<\/strong>, clinical professor of business in the College of Business Administration\u2019s Department of Management and International Business and director of the Global Energy Security Forum (GESF) in FIU\u2019s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), who led the discussion on the policy and energy implications of the oil spill.<\/p>\n \u201cToday we depend upon oil for 98 percent of our transportation fuel,\u201d Glab said. \u201cWe need to transition to cleaner transportation fuels because—as an incident like this recent oil spill so clearly illustrates—such a heavy dependence on oil presents security, economic and environmental threats.\u201d<\/p>\n Other panelists focused the discussion on relevant scientific topics, including the history of oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico, the chemistry of oil spills and the potential toxic impact to the coastal habitats of Florida.<\/p>\n Local, national and international organizations continue to seek Glab\u2019s insights. <\/em><\/p>\n A recognized oil and gas industry expert, Glab has appeared on NBC, CNN en Espa\u00f1ol, Univision (\u201cDespierta America\u201d and national evening newscasts), Globovision, AmericaTV (programs \u201cMano Limpa\u201d and the \u201cFernando Hidalgo Show\u201d) and dozens of live radio interviews in both the morning and afternoons.<\/p>\n \u201cI’ve also talked to reporters from USA Today<\/em>, Christian Science Monitor<\/em> and Spain’s EFE<\/em>—the fourth biggest newswire in the world after AP, UPI and Reuters—about this ongoing tragedy,\u201d he said, noting that in addition to the FIU Teach-in, he spoke at the annual meeting of CAMACOL (Latin Chamber of Commerce of the United States) and at a Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce meeting titled \u201cRipple Effect: The Impact of America\u2019s Worst Oil Spill.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The catastrophic Gulf of Mexico oil spill from the explosion on the British Petroleum (BP) offshore drilling rig continues to spread. South Florida and the Florida Keys are not yet free from risk, as the region prepares for a worst-case scenario if affected by the leak. To address rising concerns, Florida International University\u2019s (FIU) School […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[625,721,779,2393],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8120"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29820,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8120\/revisions\/29820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Edward](\"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/tn_GlabAtChamber.jpg\" "\\"Edward")