Black Tide: The Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill[黑潮]

AsearinglookatthehumanfaceofBP'sdisasterintheGulf"WecannotallowtheBPdisastertobepushedfrompublicviewthewayBPusedchemicaldispersantstohidetheoil.Theseremarkablestories—ofloss,heroism,andculpability—areavividreminderthatthiscatastrophewillbewithusfordecades,andthatwehavenotyetmadethechangesnecessarytopreventdestructioninthefuture."—NaomiKlein,authorofTheShockDoctrine:TheRiseofDisasterCapitalism"BlackTideisextremelywellresearched,reasoned,andwritten.ThestoryoftheMacondowelldisasterhasimportantramificationsforourfuture.AntoniaJuhaszhelpsusunderstandwhatthisdisastercanmeantopresentandfuturegenerations."—Dr.RobertBea,DeepwaterHorizonStudyGroup"It'shardtoimagineabetterpersontoturnlooseonthisepochaldisasterthanAntoniaJuhasz,withhercompassionateheart,vividprose,andrichexpertiseinbothoilandeconomicpolicy.BlackTidecoverseverythingfromthedetailsoftheoil-smearedbeachesandthedrillingrig'scontrolroomtothebigpictureofthemegaoilcorporationsandthegovernmentstheypusharound,butit'snotjustabookaboutdisaster:it'saseriesofencounterswithrealpeople,fromoceanographerstooystershuckers,strivingtomakethingsright.Juhasztellsthisstoryasnooneelsecould.BlackTideisriveting,infuriating,andincrediblyimportanttounderstandtheplaces,politics,andpeoplewhosurvivedtheGulfoildisaster."—RebeccaSolnit,authorofAParadiseBuiltinHell:TheExtraordinaryCommunitiesThatAriseinDisasterThestoryofthelargestoildisasterinAmericanhistoryismorethanoneofruinedbeaches,deadwildlife,chemicaldispersants,corporatespin,politicalmachinations,andfinancialfallout.Itisarivetinghumandramafilledwithpeoplewhoseliveswillforeverbedefinedas"before"and"after"theGulfoildisaster.BlackTideistheonlybooktotellthisstorythroughtheperspectiveofpeopleonallsidesofthecatastrophe,fromthosewholosttheirlives,lovedones,andlivelihoodstothosewhomadethepoliciesthatsetthedevastatingeventinmotion,thosewhocutthecornersandputcorporateprofitsoverpeopleandtheenvironment,andthosewhohavecommittedtheirlivestoensuringthatsuchaneventisneverrepeated.