In Deep Water
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Nature, Fish & Ocean Life, Oceans & Seas, Environment, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
| Author: | Peter Lehner with Bob Deans | ISBN: | 9781935928102 |
| Publisher: | OR Books | Publication: | October 15, 2010 |
| Imprint: | OR Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Peter Lehner with Bob Deans |
| ISBN: | 9781935928102 |
| Publisher: | OR Books |
| Publication: | October 15, 2010 |
| Imprint: | OR Books |
| Language: | English |
Deepwater Horizon was supposed to be the cutting edge of energy exploration: drilling 5 000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico the 560 million rig would be indispensable in helping to solve the ongoing energy crisis.Then on April 20 2010 BP's dismal safety record came home to roost. An explosion followed by a massive fireball resulted in eleven lives lost the sinking of the rig and the release of millions of barrels of crude oil into one of the world's prime fishing grounds: tens of millions of barrels suffocate the Gulf's waters and the resultant slick covers 2 500 square miles. Wildlife throughout the region is devastated and so is the human community dependent on harvesting the area's resources.Now OR Books has joined with the Natural Resources Defense Council to release IN DEEP WATER: The Anatomy of a Disaster The Fate of the Gulf and How to End Our Oil Addiction the first book to appear on this environmental catastrophe the largest offshore spill in American history.Written by Peter Lehner executive director of the NRDC together with Bob Deans this book provides a brief account of the disaster as well as the policy failures that caused it--and lays out a blueprint to avoid similar catastrophes in the future.
Deepwater Horizon was supposed to be the cutting edge of energy exploration: drilling 5 000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico the 560 million rig would be indispensable in helping to solve the ongoing energy crisis.Then on April 20 2010 BP's dismal safety record came home to roost. An explosion followed by a massive fireball resulted in eleven lives lost the sinking of the rig and the release of millions of barrels of crude oil into one of the world's prime fishing grounds: tens of millions of barrels suffocate the Gulf's waters and the resultant slick covers 2 500 square miles. Wildlife throughout the region is devastated and so is the human community dependent on harvesting the area's resources.Now OR Books has joined with the Natural Resources Defense Council to release IN DEEP WATER: The Anatomy of a Disaster The Fate of the Gulf and How to End Our Oil Addiction the first book to appear on this environmental catastrophe the largest offshore spill in American history.Written by Peter Lehner executive director of the NRDC together with Bob Deans this book provides a brief account of the disaster as well as the policy failures that caused it--and lays out a blueprint to avoid similar catastrophes in the future.
