Dr. Riki Ott - Oilpocalypse

Riki Ott, PhD, is a community activist, a former commercial salmon "fisherm'am," and has a degree in marine toxicology with a specialty in oil pollution. She experienced firsthand the devastating effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill and is featured in the documentary, Black Wave- The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez. [Review posted here.] 

She is the author of Sound Truth and Corporate Myth$: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Not One Drop: Promises, Betrayal, and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill [Review posted here] and Alaska's Copper River Delta. She is also the founder of three nonprofit organizations that deal with lingering harm from man-made environmental disaster, including Ultimate Civics whose goal is to build a popular movement and pass a constitutional amendment to reinstate the primacy of human rights over corporate rights.