BP Blowout: Inside the Gulf Oil Disaster

by Dr Daniel Jacobs

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The inside story of the worst environmental disaster in American history

BP Blowout is the first comprehensive account of the legal, economic, and environmental consequences of the April 2010 blowout at a BP well in the Gulf of Mexico. The accident destroyed the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and killed 11 people. The resulting offshore oil discharge - the largest ever in the United States - polluted much of the Gulf for months, wreaking havoc on its inhabitants.

A former Justice Department lawyer responsible for enforcing environmental laws, Daniel Jacobs tells the story that neither BP nor the...Read more
  • ISBN10 0815729081
  • ISBN13 9780815729082
  • Publish Date 18 October 2016
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Brookings Institution
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 210
  • Language English