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American energy, imperiled coast : oil and gas development in Louisiana's wetlands / Jason P. Theriot.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The natural world of the Gulf SouthPublication details: Baton Rouge, LA : Louisiana State University Press, 2014.Description: xiii, 271 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780807155172 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.8/2309763 23
LOC classification:
  • GE155 .L8 T44 2014
Contents:
An energy landscape emerges: early coastal oil and gas development -- Postwar pipelines span the coast: building the three hundred-mile Muskrat line -- Offshore expansion and environmental reform: the Blue Water pipeline system -- America's first offshore oil port: LOOP and the science of wetland ecology -- The coastal erosion crisis: wetland loss and the oil field canal debate -- The coastal restoration campaign: from the Breaux Act to Coast 2050 -- America's energy coast: redefining restoration in the Gulf -- Conclusion: a sustainable energy coast for the twenty-first century.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An energy landscape emerges: early coastal oil and gas development -- Postwar pipelines span the coast: building the three hundred-mile Muskrat line -- Offshore expansion and environmental reform: the Blue Water pipeline system -- America's first offshore oil port: LOOP and the science of wetland ecology -- The coastal erosion crisis: wetland loss and the oil field canal debate -- The coastal restoration campaign: from the Breaux Act to Coast 2050 -- America's energy coast: redefining restoration in the Gulf -- Conclusion: a sustainable energy coast for the twenty-first century.

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