Slick Policy - Environmental and Science Policy in the Aftermath of the Santa Barbara Oil Spill

Presents an original and in-depth history of the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill. Teresa Sabol Spezio provides a background of water pollution control, government oversight of federally funded projects, and chemical detection methods in place prior to the spill. She then shows how scientists and politicians used public outrage to implement wide-ranging changes to federal environmental and science policy.

About the author

Teresa Sabol Spezio is a visiting assistant professor in environmental analysis at Pitzer College in Claremont, CA. She is a licensed professional engineer who has worked in the environmental field.

Summary

In January 1969, the blowout on an offshore oil platform off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, and the resulting oil spill proved to be a transformative event in pollution control and the nascent environmental activism movement.

Product details

• Authors: Teresa Sabol Spezio
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9780822965329
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-6532-9
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 226 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 408 g
• Series: Pittsburgh Hist Urban Environ; History of the Urban Environment; History of the Urban Environment; Pittsburgh Hist Urban Environ
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education