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Date: April 30, 2024 Tue
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2 results foundAuthor: Bradshaw, Elizabeth A. Title: Deepwater, Deep Ties, Deep Trouble: A State- Corporate Environmental Crime Analysis of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Summary: The 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill was one of the worst environmental disasters of all time. Using the concept of state-corporate environmental crime, this project applies a case study analysis of secondary data sources including publicly available government reports, corporate documents, academic sources and journalistic accounts to examine the causes of the blowout and the response to the spill. Building on Michalowski and Kramer’s Integrated Theoretical Model of State-Corporate Crime, this study introduces an additional level of analysis- that of the industry- between the organizational and institutional levels. The causes of the Deepwater Horizon explosion are rooted both in the history of federal development of the offshore oil industry, and the organizational actions of the corporations most directly involved: BP, Transocean and Halliburton. Undertaken in close coordination between the federal government and BP, alongside privately contracted oil spill response organizations, the response to the spill can be classified as a state-facilitated corporate cover up of the environmental crimes in the Gulf. This was accomplished through scientific propaganda and censorship of images and information. Working together, BP and the Obama administration sought to downplay the size of the spill and its effects. An unprecedented amount of toxic chemical dispersants were applied at the surface and directly at the wellhead in an effort to conceal the amount of oil. Federal restrictions blocked access to cleanup operations, beaches and airspace, thereby limiting public visibility of the spill. Policing the media blackout was an intricate matrix of federal and local law enforcement, and private security companies hired by BP. Suppression of images and information helped to contain public outrage while allowing BP and the federal government to carry out dangerous response measures with little oversight. As this study demonstrates, the most recent spill is not an isolated instance of state-corporate environmental crime, but rather is the result of the criminogenic structure of the deepwater oil industry. Details: Kalamazoo, MI: Western Michigan University, 2012. 274p. Source: Internet Resource: Dissertation: Accessed February 14, 2013 at: http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1078&context=dissertations Year: 2012 Country: United States URL: http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1078&context=dissertations Shelf Number: 127613 Keywords: Corporate Crime (U.S.)Offenses Against the EnvironmentOil IndustryOil Spills |
Author: Mauger, Sue Title: Effectiveness of Citizens’ Environmental Monitoring Program. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Restoration Project 02667 Final Report Summary: Study History: Project 02667 examines data previously collected through the Citizens’ Environmental Monitoring Program in the Kachemak Bay and Anchor River watersheds. This one-year project was originally funded from October 1, 2001 to September 30, 2002. Due to contract issues with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, the project was granted a deadline extension to December 31, 2002. Abstract: Cook Inlet Keeper analyzed five years of past data from the Citizens’ Environmental Monitoring Program, the first consistent and coordinated community-based water quality monitoring program in Alaska. The objective of the analysis was to determine if sampling frequency, methods, parameters, and site selection are effective at meeting the monitoring objectives of detecting significant changes in water quality over time. Based on the analysis, the following recommendations are made: 1) prioritize collecting five year baseline data sets (n=80), 2) state explicitly what significant change can be detected: 2oC, 0.25 pH units, and 5% saturation of dissolved oxygen, 3) deploy continuous temperature loggers during summer months, 4) consider new turbidity method with a higher maximum range, 5) consider new orthophosphate and nitrate-nitrogen methods with lower detection limits, 6) continue colorimetric pH method as a quality control check on Hanna Meter, 7) coordinate with USGS to establish stage or discharge stations on smaller streams, 8) add a method to measure flow, 9) provide citizens with summary statistics of their site annually, 10) secure long-term funding for volunteer coordinators. These recommendations will increase the effectiveness of community-based monitoring programs. Details: Homer, AK: Cook Inlet Keeper, 2003. 82p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 4, 2013 at: http://inletkeeper.org/resources/contents/effectiveness-of-cemp-final-report Year: 2003 Country: United States URL: http://inletkeeper.org/resources/contents/effectiveness-of-cemp-final-report Shelf Number: 128260 Keywords: Corporate CrimesEnvironmental ConservationExxon ValdezOffenses Against the Environment (Alaska, U.S.)Oil Spills |