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1 online resource |
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auditory captions audiodescription |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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desLibris. Books collection.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"This book began when Kevin Timoney noticed a suspicious pattern in data reported by the Alberta Energy Regulator. For tens of thousands of spills, recovery volumes exactly matched the reported spill volumes. In short, the data were too good to be true. And so began a search for the scientific truth about spills. In western North America crude oil and saline water spills--both small and large--occur daily and cause permanent damage to ecosystems that remains largely hidden from public view. Hidden Scourge takes the reader on a journey into a covert world of energy industry spills with environmental incident data from over 100,000 spills in Alberta, Saskatchewan, North Dakota, Montana, and the Northwest Territories. Timoney evaluates the truthfulness of regulatory reporting in light of evidence from peer-reviewed scientific data, original field observations, industrial and government reports, interviews, and documents obtained under freedom of information. In stark contrast to a halcyon picture of prosperity and "world-class" environmental management, the reality is rampant destruction of biodiversity, persistent soil contamination, failed reclamation, and thousands of undocumented spills. Hidden Scourge grounds existential debates about climate and ecological crises in evidence of how hydrocarbon-based economies change the ecosystems where fossil fuels are extracted. The science is clear: the industry consistently damages ecosystems wherever it operates. If energy-industry regulators cannot act independently, honestly, and in the public interest, they profoundly undermine democratic institutions. The result is a legacy of contaminated sites that will burden future generations with great uncertainty and cost."-- Provided by publisher. |
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PART ONE HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT -- 1 Covert Spills -- 2 The Data and How They Were Analyzed -- 3 An Overview of Spills; PART TWO THE INCIDENT AND THE AFTERMATH -- 4 The Effects of Spills -- 5 The Effects of Other Fossil Fuel Industry Activities; PART THREE REGULATORY EVIDENCE -- 6 Inaccurate Locations, Suspect Spill Data, and the Falcon Effect -- 7 Spill Forensics -- 8 Exploring the Unknown: Missing Spills; PART FOUR SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE -- 9 Spill Effects on Soil and Water Chemistry on the Dene Tha Lands -- 10 Spill and Related Effects on the Vegetation and Flora in Four Study Regions -- 11 Behind the Firewall: The Pace-Spyglass Oil Spill -- 12 Exposure to Contaminants at the Spill Sites -- 13 The Regulator's Failure to Document Spill Effects on Habitat and Wildlife -- 14 Cumulative Effects; PART FIVE OUT OF THE RABBIT HOLE AND INTO THE LIGHT -- 15 Misinformation and the Metaorganization -- 16 A Captured Regulator -- 17 Conclusions: Better Sad Truths Than Happy Lies -- 18 The Way Home |
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Compliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Oil spills -- Canada, Western.
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Oil spills. |
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Western Canada. |
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Oil spills -- West (U.S.)
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Petroleum industry and trade -- Environmental aspects -- Canada, Western.
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Petroleum industry and trade -- Environmental aspects. |
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Petroleum industry and trade -- Environmental aspects -- West (U.S.)
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Canada, Western -- Environmental conditions.
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Environmental conditions. |
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West (U.S.) -- Environmental conditions.
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Ecology. |
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West United States. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Timoney, Kevin. Hidden scourge. Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021 022800893X 9780228008934 (OCoLC)1241730808 |
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9780228010265 electronic book |
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0228010268 electronic book |
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9780228008941 print |
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0228008948 print |
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022800893X print |
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