In this Book
- Blowout in the Gulf: The BP Oil Spill Disaster and the Future of Energy in America
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: The MIT Press
summary
The story of how a chain of failures, missteps, and bad decisions led to America’s biggest environmental disaster.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. 2-5
- Dedication
- pp. vii-9
- Prologue: The Deep-water Horror Zone
- pp. ix-xiii
- 1. A Question for Our Time
- pp. 1-7
- 2. The Macondo Mess
- pp. 9-20
- 3. Stored Sunlight and Its Risks
- pp. 21-61
- 4. Colonel of an Industry
- pp. 63-74
- 5. Barons and Barrels
- pp. 75-90
- 6. Off the Edge in All Directions
- pp. 91-112
- 7. “Energy Independence”
- pp. 113-128
- 8. To Know Us Is to Love Us?
- pp. 129-152
- 9. Cleaning Up
- pp. 153-170
- 10. Today and Tomorrow
- pp. 171-189
- References
- pp. 203-223
Additional Information
ISBN
9780262294126
Related ISBN(s)
9780262015837
MARC Record
OCLC
847070814
Pages
272
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No