| Description |
ix, 374 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| 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? |
| Summary |
An oil industry expert puts human faces to the greatest environmental catastrophe of our time |
| Analysis |
Economic impact |
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Environmental impact |
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Gulf of Mexico |
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Oil spills |
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Overseas item |
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Social impact |
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United States |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-356) and index |
| Subject |
BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010 -- Environmental aspects.
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BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010 -- Political aspects.
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BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010.
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Oil spills -- Mexico, Gulf of.
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| LC no. |
2011006410 |
| ISBN |
9780470943373 (hbk.) |
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