Shadows on the Gulf: A Journey Through Our Last Great Wetland (Hardcover) by Rowan Jacobsen

from NorthernStar

This is not an area I am familiar with, but this struck me as a well-written, well-researched book on a topic that affects us all, wherever in the world we live. A major industrial accident like the Deepwater Horizon could have long-term or permanent consequences to your coast, ocean ecosystems, ...

from EMYeak

Rowan Jacobsen went to the Gulf Coast shortly after the Deepwater Horizon blowout. This is his report of his findings of what happened and its effects. But it is much more than that. He spends one chapter explaining what went wrong at the well and what went wrong in the aftermath in trying to sto...

from ktwamba

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill was a horrific, eye-opening experience for the oil industry, regulators, coastal residents and the nation. Even though the headlines about it have largely vanished from the mainstream media, the same problems and issues highlighted by the disaster remain. Shadows on t...

from kurvanas

This book is devastating, yet mesmerizing; accessible, yet detailed; horrific, yet hopeful. I have to commend Rowan for slogging through mounds of data and wading through the polluted backwaters of our corporate past to reveal exactly how destructive not just this disaster was, but also how blind...

from dchaikin

#55 (from 2011). [Shadows on the Gulf : A Journey Through Our Last Great Wetland] by Rowan Jacobsen (2011, 223 pages, read Dec 16-24) Jacobsen had just finished a book on oysters, a major gulf coast food, when Macondo exploded. This put him in a strong position to pursue the environmental fall ou...