Bibliograph

Oil spills, Tamara Thompson, book editor

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Label

Oil spills, Tamara Thompson, book editor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references pages (pages 148-156) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Oil spills

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

852958372

Responsibility statement

Tamara Thompson, book editor

Series statement

Current controversies

Table Of Contents

Ch. 1. How do oil spills happen? Overview : the science and history behind oil spills / Andrea Thompson -- The Gulf oil spill illustrates the special risks of deepwater drilling / Charles H. Peterson, et al. -- Tar sands oil makes pipelines more vulnerable to spills / Keith Schneider -- The biggest oil spill in history was deliberately caused / Counterspill -- Ch. 2. Is the risk of a spill worth drilling for oil? Americans split on energy vs. environment trade-off / Jeffrey M. Jones -- Offshore drilling remains a risk worth taking / Ronald Bailey -- Despite spills, more oil sands pipelines are coming / Christopher Helman -- More oil spills grim reminders of needed energy revolution / John Austin -- What BP doesn't want you to know about the 2010 Gulf spill / Mark Hertsgaard -- The economic benefits of Arctic oil are not worth the environmental risk / Greenpeace International -- Ch. 3. Is the oil industry prepared to handle major oil spills? The oil industry is committed to spill prevention and response / Chris Kahn -- Cleaning up oil spills with magnets and nanotechnology / Tom Levitt -- The oil industry is unprepared to handle spills in the Arctic / Suzanne Goldenberg -- Oil companies have not kept up with the latest cleanup technologies / Chris Wickham -- Ch. 4. Does the oil industry need more oversight and regulation? Overview : new US oil boom puts shale fracking in the spotlight / Adam Hurlburt -- Offshore drilling still urgently needs reform / Center for Biological Diversity -- Tar sands pipelines are not sufficiently regulated / Anthony Swift, Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, and Elizabeth Shope -- Congress should reform oil spill liability laws / Nicolas D. Loris, Jack Spencer, and James Jay Carafano -- Oil industry regulation hurts the American economy / K.J. Webb -- More regulation is not the answer to oil production risks / Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr

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