Essays about: "Deepwater Horizon"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Deepwater Horizon.

1. 1. AN INTERDISCIPLINARY FRAMEWORK TO EXPLAIN ECOLOGICAL CRIME : A CASE STUDY OF THE BP DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kriminologi (KR)

   Author : Natasha Otero; [2022]
   Keywords : corporate crime; criminology theory; environmental crime; green criminology; treadmill of production;

   Abstract : Our drive to achieve economic development and growth is driving our planet to an unprecedented level of ecological destruction. The structural forces of capitalism together with a culture of consumerism is pushing the environment to its limits causing climate change, pollution and threatening the wellbeing of humanity and the ecosystem. READ MORE

3. 2. Climate change beliefs, environmental policies support and the fossil fuels industry

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Tommaso Piseddu; [2020]
   Keywords : Environmental Policies; Climate Change Beliefs; Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill; Coal Plants;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to provide a contribution to the analysis of how relevant the presence of the fossil fuels industry is in shaping the attitudes toward climate change and environmental policies. This presence is studied in the form of coal plants at county-level and in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010 in Louisiana, a state that largely relies on oil and gas extractive activities. READ MORE

4. 3. Changes in Disclosure Tone after an Incident - Quality and industry spill-over effects

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Josefin Dolietis; Fanny Rydberg; [2019-08-08]
   Keywords : Disclosure tone; disclosure quality; spill-over effect; industry response; text analysis; activity; optimism; certainty; realism; impression management; information overload; greenwashing;

   Abstract : Background/Purpose: The focus of this report is how the concerned company BP and Oil and Gas (O&G) industry responded to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in their Sustainability reports. This study examines changes in tone after the incident in order to detect changes in language. READ MORE

5. 4. Nine Years After The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Evaluating Consequences In a State-Corporate Crime FrameworkFRAMEWORK

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

   Author : Letizia Lorini; [2019]
   Keywords : Deepwater Horizon; Oil Spill; State corporate crime; Michaelowski Kramer; environmental consequences;

   Abstract : On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded after a series of issues with the Macondo oil well, around the Louisiana coast, in the Gulf of Mexico, causing the death of 11 workers and wounding 17 others. On April 22, the rig sank into the ocean. READ MORE

6. 5. The Science of Oil Spills: Understanding the Policy Shift During the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Nikita Englund; [2018]
   Keywords : Deepwater Horizon; oil spill; expert knowledge; knowledge utilization; multiple streams framework; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : In the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010 the spill mitigation response focused heavily on coastal protection, a method recommended by government scientists—despite the fact that the majority of the spill was contained in the water column and never threatened the coast. A few months into the spill, the response policy shifted to include deepwater dimensions, something independent scientists had been advocating from the start. READ MORE