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  • Deepwater Horizon

    A Systems Analysis of the Macondo Disaster

    by Earl Boebert, James M. Blossom ...
    On April 20, 2010, the crew of the floating drill rig Deepwater Horizon lost control of the Macondo oil well forty miles offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. Escaping gas and oil ignited, destroying the rig, killing eleven crew members, and injuring dozens more. The emergency spiraled into the worst human-made economic and ecological disaster in Gulf Coast history.Senior systems engineers Earl Boebert ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

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  • Private Empire

    ExxonMobil and American Power

    by Steve Coll ...
    **“ExxonMobil has met its match in Coll, an elegant writer and dogged reporter . . . extraordinary . . . monumental.” —The Washington Post“Fascinating . . . Private Empire is a book meticulously prepared as if for trial . . . a compelling and elucidatory work.” —BloombergFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author of Ghost Wars and The Achilles Trap, an extraordinary exposé of Big Oil. ... Read more

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  • Eradicating Ecocide

    by Polly Higgins ...
    This first book in the series introduces Matty Graves, midshipman in the early years of the United States Navy. In 1799, the young U.S. Navy faces France in an undeclared Quasi-War for the Caribbean. Matty Graves is caught up in escalating violence as he serves aboard the Rattle-Snake under his drunken cousin, Billy. Matty already knows how to handle the sails and fight a ship. Now, with the ... Read more

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  • Green Governance

    Ecological Survival, Human Rights, and the Law of the Commons

    by Burns H. Weston, David Bollier ...
    The vast majority of the world's scientists agree: we have reached a point in history where we are in grave danger of destroying Earth's life-sustaining capacity. But our attempts to protect natural ecosystems are increasingly ineffective because our very conception of the problem is limited; we treat 'the environment' as its own separate realm, taking for granted prevailing but outmoded ... Read more

    $54.19 USD

  • Clean Power Politics

    The Democratization of Energy

    by Joseph P. Tomain ...
    The United States has been experiencing an energy transition for over four decades, and now - thanks to the Clean Power Plan of the Obama Administration and the Paris climate agreement - a clean energy future is moving closer to reality. In Clean Power Politics, Joseph Tomain describes how clean energy policies have been developed and, more importantly, what's necessary for a successful transition ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Transnational Climate Change Governance

    by Harriet Bulkeley, Michele M. Betsill, Daniel Compagnon, Thomas Hale, Matthew J. Hoffmann, Peter Newell, Matthew Paterson, Charles Roger, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Liliana B. Andonova ...
    The world of climate politics is increasingly no longer confined to the activities of national governments and international negotiations. Critical to this transformation of the politics of climate change has been the emergence of new forms of transnational governance that cut across traditional state-based jurisdictions and operate across public and private divides. This book provides the first ... Read more

    $34.49 USD

  • Climate Justice and Disaster Law

    by Rosemary Lyster ...
    Climate disasters demand an integration of multilateral negotiations on climate change, disaster risk reduction, sustainable development, human rights and human security. Via detailed examination of recent law and policy initiatives from around the world, and making use of a capability approach, Rosemary Lyster develops a unique approach to human and non-human climate justice and its application ... Read more

    $43.49 USD

  • Advanced Introduction to International Environmental Law

    by Ellen Hey ...
    Series series Elgar Advanced Introductions series
    All too often, international environmental law is presented as a kind of guided tour of different treaties and environmental problems. Professor Hey succeeds beautifully in articulating the themes that connect all of these disparate areas, an effort that both students and scholars will appreciate.'- Daniel Farber, University of California, Berkeley, US'This volume presents a superb overview of ... Read more

    $24.69 USD

  • Criminological and Legal Consequences of Climate Change

    Edited by Stephen Farrall, Dr Tawhida Ahmed, Dr Duncan French ...
    Series series Oñati International Series in Law and Society
    This edited collection, the result of an international seminar held at the International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Oñati, Spain in 2010, explores the potential legal and criminological consequences of climate change, both domestically and for the international community. A novel feature of the book is the consideration given to the potential synergies between the two disciplinary foci, ... Read more

    $105.99 USD

  • Water Management in Italy

    Governance, Performance, and Sustainability

    by Andrea Guerrini, Giulia Romano ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book describes the water sector as it is structured in Italy. The first part describes the legal framework which rules the sector in Italy, its evolution since the last 20 years, and its weaknesses. The second part describes the governance of Italian water utilities, distinguishing full public-owned companies from public-private partnership and private companies. The third part reports ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Gasification of Unconventional Feedstocks

    by James G. Speight ...
    World gasification capacity is expected to grow by more than 70% by 2015. While gasification is not a new process, the higher price in crude has lead operators and refineries to look at all possible coal-based technologies for energy conversion, and with the flow of heavy oil, tar sands and other unconventional feedstocks making their way to the refineries for processing, refinery managers and ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • The Nation's Largest Landlord

    The Bureau of Land Management in the American West

    by James R. Skillen ...
    It is the largest landholder in America, overseeing nearly an eighth of the country: 258 million acres located almost exclusively west of the Mississippi River, with even twice as much below the surface. Its domain embraces wildlife and wilderness, timber, range, and minerals, and for over 60 years, the Bureau of Land Management has been an agency in search of a mission.This is the first ... Read more

    $23.79 USD