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BP Blowout
Inside the Gulf Oil Disaster
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2016
Summary
The story of the worst environmental disaster in American history and its enduring consequences
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 dischargethe largest ever in U.S. waterspolluted much of the Gulf for months, wreaking havoc on its inhabitants and the environment.
A management professor and former award-winning Justice Department lawyer responsible for enforcing environmental laws, 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.
Critical details about the cause and aftermath of the disaster have emerged through court proceedings and with time. The key finding of the federal judge who presided over the civil litigation was that the blowout resulted from BP’s gross negligence.
BP has paid tens of billions of dollars to settle claims and lawsuits. The company also has pled guilty to manslaughter in a separate criminal case, but no one responsible for the tragedy is going to prison.
BP Blowout provides new and disturbing details in a definitive narrative that takes the reader inside BP, the White House, Congress and the courthouse. This is an important book for readers interested in the environment, sustainability, public policy, leadership, and risk management.
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Edition
1/2016
Copyright Year
2016
ISBN-Print
978-0-8157-2908-2
ISBN-Online
978-0-8157-2909-9
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
2
Product Type
Monograph
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Table of Contents No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Mayday in the Gulf No access Pages 1 - 14
The Blowout No access Pages 15 - 28
The Environmental and Human Toll No access Pages 29 - 43
Behind the Scenes in Washington No access Pages 44 - 60
The Claims and the Controversies No access Pages 61 - 73
The Legal Battles with the Feds No access Pages 74 - 90
The Environmental Trial of the Century No access Pages 91 - 106
The Cost No access Pages 107 - 116
The Spin Games No access Pages 117 - 130
Myth V. Reality No access Pages 131 - 139
The Mother of All Restorations No access Pages 140 - 148
Have We Learned or Only Failed? No access Pages 149 - 162
