Chapter 8 Exploring the Unknown: Missing Spills

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Learn from the Past or Repeat It ix
4. Preface xvii
5. Hiding in Plain Sight
6. Covert Spills 3
7. The Data and How They Were Analyzed 17
8. An Overview of Spills 25
9. The Incident and the Aftermath
10. The Effects of Spills 39
11. The Effects of Other Fossil Fuel Industry Activities 59
12. Regulatory Evidence
13. Inaccurate Locations, Suspect Spill Data, and the Falcon Effect 71
14. Spill Forensics 93
15. Exploring the Unknown: Missing Spills 110
16. Scientific Evidence
17. Spill Effects on Soil and Water Chemistry on the Dene Tha Lands 139
18. Spill and Related Effects on the Vegetation and Flora in Four Study Regions 145
19. Behind the Firewall: The Pace-Spyglass Oil Spill 161
20. Exposure to Contaminants at the Spill Sites 170
21. The Regulator’s Failure to Document Spill Effects on Habitat and Wildlife 188
22. Cumulative Effects 200
23. Out of the Rabbit Hole and Into the Light
24. Misinformation and the Metaorganization 219
25. A Captured Regulator 236
26. Conclusions: Better Sad Truths Than Happy Lies 260
27. The Way Home 274
28. Afterword 283
29. Postscript 285
30. Acknowledgments 289
31. Glossary of Concepts, Abbreviations, and Terms 291
32. Tables, Figures, and Plates 309
33. References 317
34. Index 343