Slick Policy: Environmental and Science Policy in the Aftermath of the Santa Barbara Oil Spill
(Part of the History of the Urban Environment Series)
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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. It accelerated the advancement of federal government policies and would change the way the federal government managed environmental pollution. Over the next three years, Congress worked to pass laws such as the National...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0822965321
ISBN13:9780822965329
Release Date:April 2018
Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press
Length:248 Pages
Weight:0.92 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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