BP Blowout : Inside the Gulf Oil Disaster /

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BP Blowout is the first comprehensive account of the legal, economic, and environmental consequences of the disaster that resulted from the April 2010 blowout at a BP well in the Gulf of Mexico. The accident, which destroyed the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, killed 11 people. The ensuing oil discharge-...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jacobs, Daniel (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Emergency management > Mexico, Gulf of.
Oil spills > Mexico, Gulf of > Management.
BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010.
Liability for oil pollution damages > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. Mayday in the gulf
  • 2. The blowout
  • 3. The environmental and human toll
  • 4. Behind the scenes in Washington
  • 5. The claims and the controversies
  • 6. The legal battles with the feds
  • 7. The environmental trial of the century
  • 8. The cost
  • 9. The spin games
  • 10. Myth v. reality
  • 11. The mother of all restorations
  • 12. Have we learned or only failed?

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