Episode Source MaterialThe Whiskey Fungus SourcesWhiskey Fungus Fed by Jack Daniel’s Encrusts Tennessee Town by Michael LevensonWhiskey fungus lawsuit forces Jack Daniel’s to halt building project by Max MatzaThe Willow Project SourcesThe Willow Project has been approved. Here’s what to know about the controversial oil-drilling venture by Ella NilsenWhat is Willow? And how an Alaska oil project could affect the environment by Timothy PukoThe Red Tide SourcesToxic Red Tide is Back in Florida - Here’s What to Know by Sarah KutaWhat is red tide and why is it killing fish in Florida? by Amudalat AjasaWhat is a red tide? by The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)The IPCC Report Sources Five things we’ve learned from the UN Climate Report by Matt McGrathFive key points in the IPCC report on climate change impacts and adaptation by Lisa Schipper, Vanesa Castán Broto and Winston Chow

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We still don’t know the full impacts of the BP oil spill, 10 years later by Alejandra Borunda

Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Association (NOAA)

Doug Brown’s lonely fall from the Deepwater Horizon to ‘The Great Invisible’ by Steve Druin

Is Using Dispersants on the BP Gulf Oil Spill Fighting Pollution with Pollution? by David Biello

Effects of Corexit dispersants on cytotoxicity parameters in a cultured human bronchial airway cells BEAS-2B by Yongli Shi, Astrid M. Roy-Engel and He Wang

‘Super skimmer’ a giant bust in Gulf cleanup by NBC

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico by The Marine Mammal Commission

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Long Term Effect on Marina Mammals, Sea Turtles by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA)

Relief wells are last hope to stop oil leak by Eryn Brown and Joy Leovy

Deepwater Horizon by The United States Department of Justice

Summary of the Clean Water Act by the United-States Environmental Protection Agency

BP paid a steep price for the Gulf oil spill but for the US a decade later, it’s business as usual by David M. Ulmann

This event put international eyes on the oil and gas industry, claimed many human lives, and was one of the worst environmental disasters to befoul the coastal United-States.

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Deepwater Horizon In Their Own Words (Full Episode) by Frank Alcock for National Geographic

Profit, Pollution and Deception: USA’s Largest Oil Spill by ENDEVR

The Devastating Environmental Impact of BP’s Deepwater Horizon by Earth Stories

Deepwater: The Gulf Oil Disaster and the Future of Offshore Drilling

Remembering Deepwater Horizon, 10 Years Later by The NASEM

Fleet Specifications: Deepwater Horizon by Transocean

Dynamic positioning mobile offshore drilling units by Global Maritime AS/Gard

Monitoring system reduces rig downtime by Judy Maksoud

U.S. exempted BP’s Gulf of Mexico drilling from environmental impact study by Juliet Eilperin

The Forensic Anatomy of the Events on the Deepwater Horizon by Bartley J. Eckhardt and Arthur Faherty

Eleven workers missing after Louisiana oil rig explosion by USA Today

Deepwater Horizon: one of history’s worst offshore accidents by Arnold & Itkin

Deepwater Horizon’s Final Hours by David Barstow, Stephanie Saul and David Rohde

Telling the true story of the heroes behind ‘Deepwater Horizon’ without using ‘stolen valor’ by Josh Rottenberg

Understanding Gas Kick Behavior in Water and Oil-Based Drilling Fluids by Kaushik Manikondam, et al.

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Sydney Tar Ponds by Environment & Society Portal

Sydney Tar Ponds – Project Spotlight by Lafarge

Coke Ovens Emissions – National Cancer Institute

Laying Waste to Toxic Waste by Barbara Webber

Coke by U.S. Energy Information Administration

Sydney Tar Ponds Environmental Class Action is Over by Dianne Saxe

Local Willingness-to-Pay Estimates for the Remediation of the Sydney Tar Ponds in Nova Scotia by Ida Ferrara, Sephen McComb and Paul Missios

Islanders Cast Adrift; Nova Scotians Feel Forsaken Amid Toxic Waste by Steven Pearlstein

The Sydney tar ponds: lessons learned from Canada’s first superfund level project by E. MacLellan & A. Britten

Steel’s Legacy Contained – Remediation of the Sydney Tar Ponds and Coke Ovens Site in Sydney, Nova Scotia by Alan Van Norman

What are PCBs by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration