Lessons Learned from Oily Pelicans? A Comparative Policy Paper on Maritime Oil Spill Disasters
Turn on the news or open the paper and sure enough there will be mention of the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Although it has retreated from the big headlines, the disaster still looms large as people deal with the aftermath of the BP catastrophe.
The Deepwater Horizon disaster has put offshore drilling and emergency oil spill response on the forefront of everyone's minds in the international community. Maritime oil disasters, no matter how you look at them, affect everyone. Their oily consequences create a ripple effect in which not only does the industry suffer and those who must daily deal with the pollution, but governments and policy makers must attempt to draw policy conclusions and find ways in which to limit such events in the future....
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