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13 of the Best Books and Articles on: Oil Pollution

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Harm to the Environment: The Right to Compensation and the Assessment of Damages » Read Now
by Peter Wetterstein. 263 pgs.

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This collection of essays by a distinguished group of international environmental law experts focuses on the growing and controversial international debate about environmental damage. The contributors address the current state of the law in the US and Europe and pose questions about its future development.
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Handbook on Ocean Politics & Law (Chap. 8 "Marine Pollution and Environment Impact") » Read Now
by James C. F. Wang. 570 pgs.

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This comprehensive handbook provides background information and analysis on the full range of contemporary ocean use issues. Coverage includes the development of ocean law, the evolving uses of oceans, data on living and non-living ocean resources, the environmental impact of pollution, and...
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This comprehensive handbook provides background information and analysis on the full range of contemporary ocean use issues. Coverage includes the development of ocean law, the evolving uses of oceans, data on living and non-living ocean resources, the environmental impact of pollution, and competing national claims over ocean exploration. The volume also summarizes the must current research available on the uses of oceans, incorporates the salient portions of the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention in the topical surveys and analyses presented, and discusses all of the other major international conventions that have dealt with global ocean or marine affairs.
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After Disaster: Agenda Setting, Public Policy, and Focusing Events (Chap. 4 "Oil Spills as Focusing Events") » Read Now
by Thomas A. Birkland. 176 pgs.

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"Goes a long way toward explaining why some catastrophes lead to more governmental response than others."-Political Science Quarterly.
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The New Global Oil Market: Understanding Energy Issues in the World Economy (Chap. 16 "Global Oil Spills, the Environment, and Oil Pollution Legislation in the United States") » Read Now
by Siamack Shojai. 266 pgs.

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In the emerging post-Cold War new world order, the economics and politics of the oil industry will be quite different. New approaches and mechanisms are under way to deal with new challenges and old difficulties, such as environmental imperatives and the uncertainty of prices and availability. This...
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In the emerging post-Cold War new world order, the economics and politics of the oil industry will be quite different. New approaches and mechanisms are under way to deal with new challenges and old difficulties, such as environmental imperatives and the uncertainty of prices and availability. This edited volume provides an authoritative and comprehensive view of changing oil markets through informative discussions on global oil reserves, production and consumption trends, futures markets, refining, the political economy, and global environmental concerns. A very useful tool for researchers, scholars, and businesspeople in energy and environmental policy economics, political economics, economics of natural resources, and regional economics.
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Gatlin Oil Co. V. United States: A Myopic View of OPA Liability, in William and Mary Law Review » Read Now
by Brian Theodore Holmen. 32 pgs.

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...owner to the provisions of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA or Act).(4) A...history of some of the relevant oil pollution statutes that existed prior to...OPA. HISTORY OF...
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The Extraordinary and the Everyday in Explanations of Vulnerability to an Oil Spill, in The Geographical Review » Read Now
by Kirstin Dow. 20 pgs.

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...Department 1993b). The marine oil pollution risks that exist in the Strait...Agreement Concerning Liability for Oil Pollution and to the Contract Regarding Supplement to...
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Oil Spill Reduction and Costs of Ship Design Regulation, in Contemporary Policy Issues » Read Now
by Thomas D. Hopkins. 12 pgs.

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...THOMAS D. HOPKINS * The 1990 Oil Pollution Act mandates double hulls for...transportation-related maritime oil pollution in 1990. NRC-sponsored simulation...changes in ship...
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Nixon and the Marine Environment, in Presidential Studies Quarterly » Read Now
by John Barkdull. 19 pgs.

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...drawing the nations attention to oil pollution. Such events set the stage for...international cooperation to strengthen oil pollution control, regulate ocean...
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Marine Pollution Under the Law of the Sea Convention, in American Journal of International Law » Read Now
by Alan E. Boyle. 26 pgs.

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...on the High Seas to regulate oil pollution from ships, pipelines and seabed...supra note 2; D. ABECASSIS, OIL POLLUTION FROM SHIPS ( 1978 ); THE IMPACT...Intervention on...
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Territorial Jurisdiction, in American Journal of International Law » Read Now
by Marian Nash Leich. 19 pgs.

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...U.S. Digest , Ch. 7, 9) Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Cooperation...the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Cooperation...and...
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The Anthropology of Oil: The Impact of the Oil Industry on a Fishing Community in the Niger Delta, in Social Justice » Read Now
by Alicia Fentiman. 13 pgs.

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...migration of able-bodied youths and oil pollution (Tide, February 27, 1982). Migration...evidenced by low fish yields. Oil Pollution: Spillage: Despite arguments...
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Marine and Coastal Law: Cases and Materials (Chap. 10 "Marine Pollution Law ") » Read Now
by Dennis W. Nixon. 374 pgs.

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This is the first text to integrate the rapidly evolving law of the coastal zone with admiralty law, the traditional law of ships and seamen. While presenting many of the "classic" cases in marine law, the major focus is on more recent cases which give direction for future developments in marine affairs and the law.
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Managing Environmental Pollution (Discussion of oli pollution begins on p. 160) » Read Now
by Andrew Farmer. 246 pgs.

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Farmer presents a comprehensive introduction to the nature of pollution, its impact on the environment, and the practical options and regulatory frameworks for pollution control. A number of original case studies are included.