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Lyndon johnson, they pushed through a wilderness act. cleaned scenic rivers. we suddenly woke up to the fact that the great lakes were on fire. that chemicals were in them. thats what were seeing happening to the gulf of mexico. its a similar type of crisis. this will be seen in history as a moment of gal venn niezing the green movement, climate, conservationists, all in an effort to try to curtail some of thf offshore drilling and sloppy oil practices of big corporations. >> doug, you wrote the...

Conservationists, all in an effort to try to curtail some of thf offshore drilling and sloppy oil practices of big corporations. >> doug, you wrote the definitive book on hurricane katrina. a lot of folks are trying to say this is barack obamas katrina. is there any comparison? >> theres no comparison whatsoever between them. this was a corporate bungle. might be three or four corporations by the end of the day of a deadly magnitude. katrina hads a failure of the levees, and this is also an engi...