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Black tide : the devastating impact of the Gulf oil spill
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Title
Black tide : the devastating impact of the Gulf oil spill / Antonia Juhasz.
ISBN
9780470943373 (cloth)
0470943378 (cloth)
9781118067611 (ebk.)
1118067614 (ebk.)
9781118067734 (ebk.)
1118067738 (ebk.)
9781118067741 (ebk.)
1118067746 (ebk.)
Published
Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., c2011.
Physical Description
ix, 374 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Summary
We cannot allow the BP disaster to be pushed from public view the way BP used chemical dispersants to hide the oil. These remarkable stories - of loss, heroism, and culpability - are a vivid reminder that this catastrophe will be with us for decades, and that we have not yet made the changes necessary to prevent destruction in the future.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 21, 2012
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-356) and index.
Contents
The explosion of the Deepwater Horizon
What you can't see can kill you: the BP Macondo oil monster escapes
Body count: oil, gas, and dispersant attack the people, wildlife, and wild places of the Gulf
When the oil kills the fish, can the fishers survive?
Making BP pay: cleanup workers, vessels of opportunity, claims, and protests
Big oil plays defense: BP and the oil industry respond to disaster
Obama steps up: but is the disaster over and could it happen again?
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