Author: Merv Fingas
Publisher: CRC Press
Keywords: second, cleanup, spill, oil, basics
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2000-09-28
List price: $129.95
ISBN-10: 1566705371
ISBN-13: 9781566705370
Constant media attention on oil spills has created global awareness of their risks and the damage they do. Often under-reported is the average cost of the cleanup - often as high as $200 per liter of oil spilled. Oil is a necessity in today’s industrial society, and since our dependence on it is not likely to and any time soon, we will continue to have spills. This indispensable reference supplies the information required to proceed with cleanup efforts immediately. The revised and expanded edition of a bestseller, Basics of Oil Spill Cleanup, Second Edition provides the tools for remedi
Author: Bob Basso
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Keywords: game, conversation, ultimate, guts, spill
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2003-05-02
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 0740733133
ISBN-13: 9780740733130
So, you think you know everything there is to know about your best friend, your closest sibling, or your spouse or significant other? Guess again. As you page through Spill Your Guts: The Ultimate Conversation Game, you will uncover things you never knew about the person you thought you knew everything about.This no-holds-barred book is sure to provoke interesting conversations and unearth untold stories from those who dare to play the game. Within its pages are nearly 900 questions guaranteed to elicit provocative, funny, and intriguing responses. Under the rules of the game, you have just th
Authors:Streissguth, Thoma,
Publisher: Capstone Pre
Keywords: coast, disaster, alaskan, spill, valdez, oil, exxon
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2002-09-01
List price: $23.93
ISBN-10: 0736813209
ISBN-13: 9780736813204
Describes the oil tanker Exxon Valdez, and the events that led up to its disastrous oil spill in 1989. Also explains the effects of the oil spill on the Alaskan environment.
Author: J.S. Robinso
Publisher: William Andrew
Keywords: technology, review, pollution, cleanup, chemical, spill, hazardous
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 1980-01-14
List price: $139.95
ISBN-10: 0815507674
ISBN-13: 9780815507673
Procedures and applicable information for responding to hazardous spills, focused on clean up.
Author: Robert Noyes
Publisher: William Andrew
Keywords: prevention, techniques, release, accidental, leak, spill, handbook
Number of Pages: 511
Published: 1993-01-14
List price: $145.00
ISBN-10: 0815512961
ISBN-13: 9780815512967
Provides technical guidance to prevent leaks, spills, or other accidental releases of hazardous substances from fixed facilities.
Authors:Melvin Berger, Paul Mirocha,
Publisher: Colli
Keywords: science, read, spill, oil
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 1994-04-30
List price: $5.99
ISBN-10: 0064451216
ISBN-13: 9780064451215
Did you know that an oil spill occurs somewhere in the world almost every day of the year? Berger and Mirocha focus on one of the worst spills in history—the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil tanker spill—to explain in simple terms and with bold, full color illustrations why oils spills happen, how experts clean up after them, and what effect spilled oil has on ocean plants and wildlife. "A good introduction to the subject."--BL. 1994 "Pick of the Lists" (ABA)Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children 1995 (NSTA/CBC)
Author:
Publisher: Astm Intl
Keywords: special, astm, technical, publication, stp, recommendations, experience, spill, chemical, dispersants, research, oil
Number of Pages: 465
Published: 1984-10-01
List price: $54.00
ISBN-10: 0803104006
ISBN-13: 9780803104006
