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Hidden scourge : exposing the truth about fossil fuel industry spills /
"This book began when Kevin Timoney noticed a suspicious pattern in data reported by the Alberta Energy Regulator. For tens of thousands of spills, recovery volumes exactly matched the reported spill volumes. In short, the data were too good to be true. And so began a search for the scientific...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
[2021]
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| Colección: | desLibris. Books collection.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- PART ONE HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT
- 1 Covert Spills
- 2 The Data and How They Were Analyzed
- 3 An Overview of Spills; PART TWO THE INCIDENT AND THE AFTERMATH
- 4 The Effects of Spills
- 5 The Effects of Other Fossil Fuel Industry Activities; PART THREE REGULATORY EVIDENCE
- 6 Inaccurate Locations, Suspect Spill Data, and the Falcon Effect
- 7 Spill Forensics
- 8 Exploring the Unknown: Missing Spills; PART FOUR SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE
- 9 Spill Effects on Soil and Water Chemistry on the Dene Tha Lands
- 10 Spill and Related Effects on the Vegetation and Flora in Four Study Regions
- 11 Behind the Firewall: The Pace-Spyglass Oil Spill
- 12 Exposure to Contaminants at the Spill Sites
- 13 The Regulator's Failure to Document Spill Effects on Habitat and Wildlife
- 14 Cumulative Effects; PART FIVE OUT OF THE RABBIT HOLE AND INTO THE LIGHT
- 15 Misinformation and the Metaorganization
- 16 A Captured Regulator
- 17 Conclusions: Better Sad Truths Than Happy Lies
- 18 The Way Home