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Informationen zum Autor TED DANSON's versatility in both television and film makes him one of the most accomplished and credible actors today. From his first feature film roles in Joseph Wambaugh's The Onion Field (1979) and Lawrence Kasdan's Body Heat (1981) to his starring role in the television series Cheers ! Ted Danson has captivated audiences worldwide with his equally sensational dramatic and comedic performances. Danson currently stars in HBO's Bored to Death . He recently appeared on the critically acclaimed legal drama Damages on FX! as well as HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm . In addition to winning two Emmys and three Golden Globe Awards throughout his career! Danson has been nominated for twelve Emmys! eight Golden Globes! and one SAG Award. MICHAEL D'ORSO's work includes fifteen books; seven have been bestsellers and three have been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Klappentext Actor Danson details his journey from joining a modest local protest in the mid-1980s to oppose offshore oil drilling near his Southern California neighborhood to his current status as one of the world's most influential oceanic environmental activists. CHAPTER ONE TOUGH OIL OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND There's no phrase that better explains how our planet's oceans have reached a point where they are so direly threatened on so many fronts and yet so few of us have any idea of the danger they're in. On one level, this makes perfect sense. Humans are terrestrial creatures. We live on the land, not in the sea. When we refer to the "environment," we're typically talking about our environment--the land, air, rivers, lakes, and coastlines where we live, work, and play. It's no surprise that a study of charitable giving in America showed that of all donations directed toward environmental concerns, 99 percent went to agencies and organizations focused on terrestrial issues, while 1 percent went to groups working to protect the oceans and the sea life within them. Protect them from what? That would be the typical question asked by anyone on the street. And again, at first glance, this makes sense. We're all taught in school that 71 percent of the Earth's surface is covered by oceans, and much of that is so deep that only a handful of humans have ever gotten close to the bottom. It would probably come as a shock to most people to learn that less than 1 percent of the living space on the Earth is on land--the other 99 percent is in the oceans, which contain many unique, and undiscovered species. So what kinds of hazards could possibly threaten that many animals in that much water? This has been the prevailing attitude ever since men first began pulling fish from the sea. Until the past half century or so, the oceans have always been seen as an inexhaustible resource, far too vast and abundant for us to even conceive of any danger that could possibly threaten them. It's only when a disaster of one kind or another hits close to home-- meaning close to our shorelines--that we consider the health of our high seas. So it makes sense to begin this book with just such a disaster--the April 2010 explosion at BP's Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig, some fifty miles off the coast of Louisiana, a blast that killed eleven workers, injured seventeen others, and, as I've mentioned, triggered the biggest oil disaster in the history of the United States. APRIL 2010 EXPLOSION at BP's DEEPWATER HORIZON THERE SEEMS to be A CYCLE to these OCEAN DISASTERS--and it's A CYCLE WE SIMPLY CANNOT AFFORD to LET CONTINUE. IT WAS TRAGIC, HORRIFYING, ALMOST BEYOND COMPREHENSION . . . And, sad to say, it wasn't surprising at all--not to anyone familiar with the ever-increasing dangers of offshore drilling. It's almost eerie to look at the similarities between the situation o...
