LEADER 05586nam 2200577 450 001 9910818843803321 005 20230803195041.0 010 $a1-62103-987-0 010 $a1-61703-899-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000502999 035 $a(EBL)1181935 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1181935 035 $a(OCoLC)844074330 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse28612 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1181935 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10834988 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL571980 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000502999 100 $a20140213h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aHydrocarbon hucksters $elessons from Louisiana on oil, politics, and environmental justice /$fErnest Zebrowski and Mariah Zebrowski Leach 210 1$aJackson, Mississippi :$cUniversity Press of Mississippi,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (217 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-306-40729-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Preface; Louisiana by the Numbers; 1. The Well from Hell; 2. Black Gold; 3. Onto the Shelves; 4. Oops-1980; 5. More Oops-1969, 1979, and 1989; 6. Social Scruples Bedeviled; 7. Chemical Voodoo; 8. What Do the Simple Folk Do?; 9. Of Wisdom and Folly; 10. Drill, Baby, Drill; 11. The Oil Industry's Gifts Keep Giving; 12. Can America Learn?; Source Notes; Further Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y 330 $a"Hydrocarbon Hucksters is the saga of the oil industry's takeover of Louisiana--its leaders, its laws, its environment, and, by channeling the flow of public information, its voters. It is a chronicle of mind-boggling scientific and technical triumphs sharing the same public stew with myths about the "goodness" of oil and bald-faced public lies by politicians and the captains of industry.It is a story of money and power, greed and corruption, jingoism and exploitation, pollution and disease, and the bewilderment and resignation of too many of the powerless. Most importantly, Hydrocarbon Hucksters is a case study of what happens when a state uncritically hands the oil and petrochemical industries everything they desire. Today, Louisiana ranks at or near the bottom of the fifty states on virtually every measure related to the quality of life--income, health, education, environment, public services, public safety, physical infrastructure, and vulnerability to disasters. Nor, contrary to the claims of the hydrocarbon sector, has there been much in the way of job creation to offset all of this social grief. The authors (one scientist, the other an environmental lawyer) have woven together the science, legal history, economic issues, and national and global contexts of what has happened. Their objective is to raise enough national awareness to prevent other parts of the United States from repeating Louisiana's historical follies. The authors are uncle and niece, a generation apart, who have melded their conclusions from two separate tracks"--$cProvided by publisher. 330 $a"Hydrocarbon Hucksters is the saga of the oil industry's takeover of Louisiana--its leaders, its laws, its environment, and, by rechanneling the flow of public information, its voters. It is a chronicle of mindboggling scientific and technical triumphs sharing the same public stew with myths about the "goodness" of oil and bald-faced public lies by politicians and the captains of industry. It is a story of money and power, greed and corruption, jingoism and exploitation, pollution and disease, and the bewilderment and resignation of too many of the powerless. Most importantly, Hydrocarbon Hucksters is a case study of what happens when a state uncritically hands the oil and petrochemical industries everything they desire. Today, Louisiana ranks at or near the bottom of the fifty states on virtually every measure related to the quality of life--income, health, education, environment, public services, public safety, physical infrastructure, and vulnerability to disasters (both natural and man-made). Nor, contrary to the claims of the hydrocarbon sector, has there been much in the way of job creation to offset all of this social grief.The authors (one a scientist, the other an environmental lawyer) have woven together the science, legal history, economic issues, and national and global contexts of what has happened. Their objective is to raise enough national awareness to prevent other parts of the United States from repeating Louisiana's historical follies. 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