BP blowout inside the Gulf oil disaster / Daniel Jacobs.
| Author/creator | Jacobs, Daniel |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2016] |
| Description | xii, 192 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from JSTOR eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Inside the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster |
| Variant title | British Petroleum blowout |
| Other title | Inside the Gulf oil disaster |
| Contents | Mayday in the Gulf -- The blowout -- The environmental and human toll -- Behind the scenes in Washington -- The claims and the controversies -- The legal battles with the feds -- The environmental trial of the century -- The cost -- The spin games -- Myth v. Reality -- The mother of all restorations -- Have we learned or only failed? |
| Abstract | "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- the largest ever in U.S. waters-polluted much of the Gulf for months, wreaking havoc on its inhabitants and the environment. Daniel Jacobs tells the story that neither BP nor the federal government wants heard: how the company and the government fell short, both in terms of preventing and responding to the disaster."--book flap |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-186) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2016479990 |
| ISBN | 9780815729082 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0815729081 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |