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Author | : George Catalano |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 79 |
Release | : 2022-06-01 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 3031799674 |
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The recent tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico and resultant ethical consequences for the engineering profession are introduced and discussed. The need for a new engineering ethic is identified and introduced based upon advancements in science, complex systems and eco-philosophy. Motivations for introducing a new ethic rather than modifying existing ethics are also discussed. Table of Contents: Tragedy in the Gulf / Tragedy Unfolding / Engineering Ethics / Complex Systems / Quantum Mechanics / Evolving Principles of the Universe / A New Engineering Ethic / Epilogue
Author | : William R. Freudenburg |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0262015838 |
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The story of how a chain of failures, missteps, and bad decisions led to America's biggest environmental disaster.
Author | : Muhammad Sadiq |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780792322788 |
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The invasion and occupation of Kuwait by the Iraqi forces and the resulting Gulf War in 1991 led to unprecedented environmental contamination, the effects of which will be felt for years to come. The air was polluted by emissions from hundreds of burning oil wells, the sea fouled by the largest oil spill in history, and the land scarred by massive bombardment and troop movement. Information regarding this environmental legacy of the Gulf War has hitherto been scattered throughout the popular and scientific press. This is the first book that brings together what is currently known about the environmental aftermath of this tragic war.
Author | : National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Dril |
Publisher | : Government Printing Office |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2011-05-24 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9780160873720 |
Download Deep Water: The Gulf Oil Disaster and the Future of Offshore Drilling: Report to the President, January 2011 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
On April 20, 2010, the Macondo well blew out, costing the lives of 11 men, and beginning a catastrophe that sank the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and spilled nearly 5 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The spill disrupted an entire region’s economy, damaged fisheries and critical habitats, and brought vividly to light the risks of deepwater drilling for oil and gas—the latest frontier in the national energy supply. Soon after, President Barack Obama appointed a seven-member Commission to investigate the disaster, analyze its causes and effects, and recommend the actions necessary to minimize such risks in the future. The Commission’s report offers the American public and policymakers alike the fullest account available of what happened in the Gulf and why, and proposes actions—changes in company behavior, reform of government oversight, and investments in research and technology—required as industry moves forward to meet the nation’s energy needs.
Author | : Al Roker |
Publisher | : William Morrow |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Galveston (Tex.) |
ISBN | : |
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"In this gripping narrative history, Al Roker from NBC's Today and the Weather Channel vividly examines the deadliest natural disaster in American history - a haunting and inspiring tale of tragedy, heroism, and resilience that is full of lessons for today's new age of extreme weather. On the afternoon of September 8, 1900, two-hundred-mile-per-hour winds and fifteen-foot waves slammed into Galveston, the booming port city on Texas's Gulf Coast. By dawn the next day, the city that hours earlier had stood as a symbol of America's growth and expansion, was gone. Shattered, grief-stricken survivors emerged to witness a level of destruction never before seen. Rushing water from the storm, which caused 8,000 deaths, had lifted buildings from their foundations, smashing them into pieces, while wind gusts had upended steel girders and trestles, driving them through house walls and into sidewalks. No race or class was spared its wrath. In less than twenty-four hours, a single storm had destroyed a major American metropolis - and awakened a nation to the terrifying power of nature."--Back cover.
Author | : George Dominic Catalano |
Publisher | : Morgan & Claypool Publishers |
Total Pages | : 94 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1608456285 |
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The recent tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico and resultant ethical consequences for the engineering profession are introduced and discussed. The need for a new engineering ethic is identified and introduced based upon advancements in science, complex systems and eco-philosophy. Motivations for introducing a new ethic rather than modifying existing ethics are also discussed.
Author | : John Konrad |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2011-03-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0062063022 |
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"A phenomenal feat of journalism. . . . I tore through it like a novel but with the queasy knowledge that the whole damn thing is true." —Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm and War Blending exclusive first-person interviews and penetrating investigative reporting, oil rig captain John Konrad and veteran Washington Post writer Tom Shroder give the definitive, white-knuckled account of the Deepwater Horizon explosion—as well as a riveting insider’s view of the byzantine culture of offshore drilling that made the disaster inevitable. As the world continues to cope with the oil spill’s grim aftermath—with environmental and economic consequences all the more dire in a region still rebuilding from Hurricane Katrina—Konrad and Schroder’s real-time account of the disaster shows us just where things went wrong, and points the way to a safer future for us all.
Author | : Daniel Jacobs |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780815729082 |
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Front Cover -- Front Flap -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Mayday in the Gulf -- The Blowout -- The Environmental and Human Toll -- Behind the Scenes in Washington -- The Claims and the Controversies -- The Legal Battles with the Feds -- The Environmental Trial of the Century -- The Cost -- The Spin Games -- Myth V. Reality -- The Mother of All Restorations -- Have We Learned or Only Failed? -- Notes -- Index -- Back Flap -- Back Cover
Author | : M. Sadiq |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 309 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9401116857 |
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In 1962 Rachel Carson warned of the consequences of man's pollution in her book Silent Spring, a book that some feel marks the real beginning of our environmental awareness. Silent Spring told of the consequences of our increasing pesticide use to birds. Almost 30 years after her warning, the western Arabian Gulf experienced its "silent spring" when approximately 100,000 to 250,000 waterbirds died, along with millions of other organisms, due to the massive oil spill that resulted due to Gulf war. The magnitude of our environmental problems has continued to grow during the last thirty years to a point where even the "doomsday" environmentalists could hardly have envisioned back in 1962. It seems the death of yet uncounted thousands of humans was not sufficient for Saddam Husain. His desire for power and infamy led him to unleash environmental war on mankind. At the end of the Gulf war he set ablaze the oil fields of Kuwait and released more oil into the sea than had been spilled at any time throughout history. These actions were despicable and an affront to civilized man. A quality environment should be a right of all mankind, and to wage war by deliberately polluting the earth cannot be tolerated.
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 60 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010 |
ISBN | : |
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