Download or read book Black Tide the Santa Barbara Oil Spill and Its Consequences written by Robert Easton and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Black tide the Santa Barbara oil spill and its consequences written by Robert Olney Easton and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Santa Barbara Oil Pollution 1969 written by University of California, Santa Barbara and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rising Tide written by Teresa Sabol Spezio and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. environmental movement expanded in the late 1960s and early 1970s with the passage of landmark laws such as the National Environmental Policy Act and the creation of Earth Day. Environmental historians point to Earth Day and to a lesser extent to the Santa Barbara Oil Spill of 1969 as important events in the growth of the movement, but the specific effects of the spill are not well understood. The dissertation explores how the consequences of the spill contributed to rapid shifts in federal environmental policy in both the legislative and executive branches. Moreover, the dissertation examines how the spill shaped oil industry policy and new environmental technologies and shows that in the wake of environmental catastrophe, changes occurred in environmental policy and regulation that continue to make themselves felt today. The transformations took place in three specific elements of the environmental movement. First, a swift and powerful reaction by three pivotal Democratic Senators combined with the slow response of the newly inaugurated Nixon Administration, allowed the federal government to take the lead over state governments in the development of environmental policy. Strong federal leadership and advocacy of federalist views promoted the passage of NEPA, the Clean Water Act amendments, and the creation of Earth Day. Second, as oil from the spill continued to coat the beaches, water fowl and marine mammals in Santa Barbara County, the American public clearly saw the oil industry's inability to develop and implement methods to contain and remove the oil. Wanting to protect itself from further negative exposure, the oil industry experienced its own form of greening, with a new emphasis on spill prevention. Third, the rise of technologies to test for the presence of environmental contaminants, such as gas chromatography, coincided with the spill and led to scientific clashes over definitions of contamination. Incommensurable views of contamination emerged from the methodological commitments of the sciences themselves, particularly within biology and environmental chemistry. Once the scientific debates became public, the resurgent environmental movement contributed to these clashes, even shaping the direction of the science itself.
Download or read book Slick Policy written by Teresa Sabol Spezio and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2018-05-11 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In January 1969, the blowout on an offshore oil platform off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, and the resulting oil spill proved to be a transformative event in pollution control and the nascent environmental activism movement. It accelerated the advancement of federal government policies and would change the way the federal government managed environmental pollution. Over the next three years, Congress worked to pass laws such as the National Environmental Policy Act and the Clean Water Act, and revolutionized the way that the United States dealt with environmental pollution. At the same time, scientists developed methods to detect chemical pollution that had been discharged into rivers and streams by industrial facilities. Slick Policy presents an original and in-depth history of the 1969 Santa Barbara spill. Teresa Sabol Spezio provides a background of water pollution control, government oversight of federally-funded projects, and chemical detection methods in place prior to the spill. She then shows how scientists and politicians used public outrage over the spill to implement wide-ranging changes to federal environmental and science policy, and demonstrates the advancements to offshore oil drilling, pollution technology, and water protection law that resulted from these actions.
Download or read book Black Tide written by Antonia Juhasz and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2011-03-16 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A searing look at the human face of BP's disaster in the gulf It is the largest oil disaster in American history, and it could happen again. It is more than a story of ruined beaches, dead wildlife, corporate spin, political machinations, and financial fallout. It is a riveting human drama filled with people whose lives will forever be defined as "before" and "after the gulf oil disaster." Black Tide is the only book to tell this story through the perspective of people on all sides of the catastrophe, from those who lost their lives, loved ones, and livelihoods to those who made the policies that set the devastating event in motion, those who cut the corners that put corporate profits over people and the environment, and those who have committed their lives to ensuring that such an event is never repeated. Dramatic and compelling, Black Tide exposes the human failings and human cost of the largest oil disaster in American history and how it could easily happen again. "We cannot allow the BP disaster to be pushed from public view the way BP used chemical dispersants to hide the oil. These remarkable stories-of loss, heroism and culpability-are a vivid reminder that this catastrophe will be with us for decades, and that we have not yet made the changes necessary to prevent destruction in the future." -Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. "It's hard to imagine a better person to turn loose on this epochal disaster than Antonia Juhasz, with her compassionate heart, vivid prose, and rich expertise in both oil and economic policy. From oil-smeared beaches, to the drilling rig's control room, to the big picture of Big Oil and the governments they push around. It's not just about disaster: it's a series of encounters with real people, from oceanographers to oyster-shuckers, striving to make things right. Black Tide is riveting, infuriating, and incredibly important. -Rebecca Solnit, author of A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster Praise for The Tyranny of Oil "Reminds us that those who don't learn the lessons of history are fated to repeat its mistakes." -USA Today "[A] timely, blistering critique . . . white-hot" -Kirkus starred review "[A] thorough, readable takedown of Big Oil." -Publishers Weekly "Abrave, groundbreaking case study. . . . A good first step toward true energy independence is to read this insightful book." -The Christian Science Monitor
Download or read book Santa Barbara Oil Pollution 1969 written by University of California, Santa Barbara and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Oil Pollution and the Public Interest written by A. E. Keir Nash and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Blowout written by Carol E. Steinhart and published by Brooks/Cole. This book was released on 1972 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Santa Barbara Oil Spill written by United States. Congress. Senate. Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Santa Barbara Oil Pollution 1969 written by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was introduced on December 2, 1970 by President Richard Nixon. The agency is charged with protecting human health and the environment, by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress. The EPA's struggle to protect health and the environment is seen through each of its official publications. These publications outline new policies, detail problems with enforcing laws, document the need for new legislation, and describe new tactics to use to solve these issues. This collection of publications ranges from historic documents to reports released in the new millennium, and features works like: Bicycle for a Better Environment, Health Effects of Increasing Sulfur Oxides Emissions Draft, and Women and Environmental Health.
Download or read book Oil Spill Remediation written by Ponisseril Somasundaran and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-04-10 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive overview of oil spill remediation from the perspectives of policy makers, scientists, and engineers, generally focusing on colloid chemistry phenomena and solutions involved in oil spills and their cleanup. • First book to address oil spill remediation from the perspective of physicochemical and colloidal science • Discusses current and emerging detergents used in clean-ups • Includes chapters from leading scientists, researchers, engineers, and policy makers • Presents new insights into the possible impact of oil spills on ecosystems as well as preventive measures
Download or read book Santa Barbara Oil Spill written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Minerals, Materials, and Fuels and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers S. 1219, to investigate the oil spill by Union Oil Company off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif., and to terminate or suspend certain Federal oil leases off the coast of California.
Download or read book Oil Spill Science and Technology written by Mervin Fingas and published by Gulf Professional Publishing. This book was released on 2010-12-03 with total page 1189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Academy of Sciences estimate that 1.7 to 8.8 million tons of oil are released into world's water every year, of which more than 70% is directly related to human activities. The effects of these spills are all too apparent: dead wildlife, oil covered marshlands and contaminated water chief among them. This reference will provide scientists, engineers and practitioners with the latest methods use for identify and eliminating spills before they occur and develop the best available techniques, equipment and materials for dealing with oil spills in every environment. Topics covered include: spill dynamics and behaviour, spill treating agents, and cleanup techniques such as: in situ burning, mechanical containment or recovery, chemical and biological methods and physical methods are used to clean up shorelines. Also included are the fate and effects of oil spills and means to assess damage. Covers spill dynamics and behaviour Definitive guide to spill treating agents Complete coverage of cleanup techniques Includes fate and effects of oil spills and means to assess damage
Download or read book Santa Barbara Oil Pollution 1969 written by University of California, Santa Barbara and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sea Mammals and Oil Confronting the Risks written by Joseph Geraci and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sea Mammals and Oil: Confronting the Risks summarizes the effects of spilled petroleum, or “oil , on five groups of marine mammals, including seals, whales and dolphins, sea otters, polar bears, and manatees. It poses questions concerning the extent of oil spill effects on marine mammals; the vulnerability of each species; and the probable effects to humans, domestic animals, and laboratory animals. After an introduction to the composition and fate of petroleum and spill-treating agents in the marine environment, the book discusses the use of risk assessment and mathematical/computer models in evaluating the effects of oil in marine mammal populations. Chapters 3 to 11 examine the ecological perspectives, physiologic, and toxic effects of oil on five mammal groups. The effect of oil on their behavior and the detection and avoidance of oil spill are also discussed. With a strong focus on risk assessment, this book is ideal for petroleum chemists and technologists, marine biologists, and veterinary medicine researchers.