About The Gulf Oil Spill – "I Wasn't Surprised At All"

Earthjustice attorney saw it coming years ago

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As managing attorney for the Earthjustice office in Tallahassee, David Guest has been knee-deep in Florida’s water pollution and protection issues for more than 20 years. It’s not surprising considering that Florida itself is mostly water, with more than 1,000 miles of coastline, almost 20,000 streams and rivers and the second biggest freshwater lake in U.S., Lake Okeechobee. Recently we sat down with David to talk about his latest water case, the BP oil spill in the Gulf. Read the full Q & A here.

Jessica is a former award-winning journalist. She enjoys wild places and dispensing justice, so she considers her job here to be a pretty amazing fit.