American Energy, Imperiled Coast : Oil and Gas Development in Louisiana's Wetlands /

"In American Energy, Imperiled Coast Jason P. Theriot explores the tension between oil and gas development and the land-loss crisis in Louisiana. His book offers an engaging analysis of both the impressive, albeit ecologically destructive, engineering feats that characterized industrial growth...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Theriot, Jason P., 1975-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wetland management.
Wetland conservation.
Petroleum industry and trade > Environmental aspects.
Ecology.
Zones humides > Gestion > Louisiane.
Zones humides > Conservation > Louisiane.
Wetland management > Louisiana.
Wetland conservation > Louisiana.
Petroleum industry and trade > Environmental aspects > Louisiana.
Louisiana.
Louisiane > Conditions environnementales.
Louisiana > Environmental conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • An energy landscape emerges: early coastal oil and gas development
  • Postwar pipelines span the coast: building the three hundred-mile Muskrat line
  • Offshore expansion and environmental reform: the Blue Water pipeline system
  • America's first offshore oil port: LOOP and the science of wetland ecology
  • The coastal erosion crisis: wetland loss and the oil field canal debate
  • The coastal restoration campaign: from the Breaux Act to Coast 2050
  • America's energy coast: redefining restoration in the Gulf
  • Conclusion: a sustainable energy coast for the twenty-first century.

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