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Slick policy : environmental and science policy in the aftermath of the Santa Barbara oil spill / Teresa Sabol Spezio

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Spezio, Teresa Sabol
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Environmental and science policy in the aftermath of the Santa Barbara oil spill
Published
Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018]
Copyright Date
©2018
Physical Description
xix, 282 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

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Contents
Preface : "Wasn't that a mighty storm" : the Santa Barbara oil spill of 1969 -- Introduction : the Santa Barbara oil spill of 1969 -- Pre-1969 Environmental and Science policy. Coastal waters and oil drilling ; Smell, taste, sight, disease : pollution detection until the mid-1960s ; Federal environmental policy? ; Who is in charge of water pollution control? -- The Spill. The Santa Barbara spill : the first ten days ; Post-spill Environmental and Science policy. From an "amorphous concern" to a national movement ; Conflict over a Pismo clam : changes in pollution detection ; Edmund Muskie : the clean water champion.
Summary
"January 1969: the blowout on an offshore oil platform off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, and the resulting oil spill proves to be a transformative event in pollution control and the nascent environmental activism movement. It accelerates the advancement of federal government policies and will change the way the federal government manages environmental pollution. Over the next three years, Congress works to pass laws such as the National Environmental Policy Act and the Clean Water Act, and revolutionizes the way the US deals with environmental pollution. Slick Policy presents an original and in-depth history of the Santa Barbara spill. Teresa Sabol Spezio shows how scientists and politicians used public outrage over the spill to implement wide-ranging changes to federal environmental and science policy, and demonstrates the advancements to offshore oil drilling, pollution technology, and water protection law that resulted from these actions"--Back cover.
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ISBN
9780822965329
0822965321
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-269) and index.
Source of Acquisition
Purchased with funds from the Class of 1935 Libraries Endowment ; 2018
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Class of 1935 Libraries Endowment
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