BP Blowout: Inside the Gulf Oil Disaster

by Daniel Jacobs

Book Overview

"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 discharge-the largest ever in U.S. waters--polluted...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815729081
• ISBN13: 9780815729082
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.1"