Poisoned Legacy: The Human Cost of BP's Rise to Power

Magner, Mike

ISBN 10: 031255494X / ISBN 13: 9780312554941

Published by St. Martin's Press (edition First Edition), 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Poisoned Legacy: The Human Cost of BP's Rise to Power
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press (edition First Edition)
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 031255494X
• ISBN 13: 9780312554941
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

The story is all too-familiar: On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, killing eleven workers and creating the largest oil spill in the history of U.S. offshore drilling. But, this wasn€™t the first time British Petroleum and its cost-cutting practices destroyed parts of the natural world.  It also was not the first time that BP€™s negligence resulted in the loss of human life, ruined family businesses or shattered dreams.  Journalist Mike Magner has been tracking BP€™s reckless path for years and, for the first time, focuses on the human price of BP€™s rise to power. From Alaska to Kansas to the Gulf, Magner has talked to people whose lives have been destroyed by BP€™s almost unparalleled corporate greed.  When BP acquired an abandoned Kansas refinery in 1998, it discovered one of the most contaminated groundwater plumes in the U.S. Rather than begin a full cleanup, BP declared there was no cause for concern. A f

About the Author

Mike Magner has been a journalist for more than 35 years, including 10 years as a reporter at the Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 15 years in the Washington Bureau for Newhouse Newspapers, and four years as an editor and writer at the National Journal. He was born and raised in South Bend, Indiana, graduated from Georgetown University, and lives outside Washington, D.C., with his wife, son and daughter. He began reporting on BP’s refinery pollution in Neodesha, Kansas, in 2002 and continues to follow the community’s efforts to require a cleanup of the contaminated site.