BP blowout

By Jacobs, Daniel (Professor)

Subjects: Management, Emergency management, United states, environmental conditions, Oil spills, BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010, BP (Firm), Liability for oil pollution damages

Description: "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 much of the Gulf for months, wreaking havoc on its inhabitants and the environment. Daniel Jacobs tells the story that neither BP nor the federal government wants heard: how the company and the government fell short, both in terms of preventing and responding to the disaster."--book flap