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Redefining efficiency : pollution concerns, regulatory mechanisms, and technological change in the U.S. petroleum industry

Title: Redefining efficiency : pollution concerns, regulatory mechanisms, and technological change in the U.S. petroleum industry / Hugh S. Gorman.
Author: Gorman, Hugh S. (Hugh Scott), 1957-
Publication: Akron Press, Akron, OH : University of Akron Press, ©2001.

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Description

xv, 451 pages; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Technology and the environment

Uniform Title

Technology and the environment (Akron, Ohio)

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 419-439) and index.

Contents

pt. I. Early Pollution Concerns and the Direction of Technological Change. 1. Pollution Concerns Articulated. 2. Concerns in the Oil Fields. 3. Keeping Oil in the Pipelines. 4. Refineries, Pollution Concerns, and Technological Change. 5. What to Do with Tankers? -- pt. II. Fighting Pollution Under An Efficiency Ethic. 6. Validating a Guiding Ethic. 7. Success and Failure in the Oil Fields. 8. Eliminating Corrosion and Monitoring Flows. 9. Creating a Pollution Control Manual. 10. The Ocean Ignored As Tankers Grow -- pt. III. Regulating Industrial Activity to Maintain Environmental Quality. 11. Crude Awakening. 12. Redefining Efficiency. 13. Environmental Objectives and the Evolution of Tankers. 14. Closing the Loop.

ISBN

1884836747
9781884836749
1884836755
9781884836756

LCCN

2001002140

OCLC

ocm46790967
46790967
SCSB-1232773

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library