Gulf Oil Spill: Nine Consequences

The Mark's contributors sound off on how this environmental disaster will impact everyone from coastal fishermen to Sarah Palin.

President Obama has called the Gulf oil spill a "potentially unprecedented environmental disaster." In this series, our contributors discuss the disaster's ecological, economic, political, and cultural consequences. We have:

PETER TERTZAKIAN on the expected rise in gas prices;

PETER EWINS on the potential devastation of the Mississippi Delta ecosystem;

SARAH KING on the possible threat to Atlantic Canada's sealife;

DANIEL SCOTT on the blow to the local tourism industry;

MIKE McGEOGHEGAN on the silver lining for Canadian fisheries;

TOM VELK on the U.S. economy's bottomless appetite for oil;

ALEX WOOD on the dire need for a shift in Canada's fossil-fuel dependency;

TERRY TERRIF on Obama's bleak chances in the mid-term elections; and

ALEXANDER MOENS on why this could help Sarah Palin's ratings.

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