Vultures' picnic : an oil rig explodes in the Gulf, Miss Badpenny slips into her leathers, and "the most important investigative journalist of our time" (The Guardian) goes on the hunt ; from the Arctic to the Islamic Republic of BP, from a burnt-out nuclear reactor in Japan to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Palast uncovers the story you won't get on CNN ; [in pursuit of petroleum pigs, power pirates, and high-finance carnivores]

Vultures' picnic an oil rig explodes in the Gulf, Miss Badpenny slips into her leathers, and "the most important investigative journalist of our time" (The Guardian) goes on the hunt ; from the Arctic to the Islamic Republic of BP, from a burnt-out nuclear reactor in Japan to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Palast uncovers the story you won't get on CNN ; [in pursuit of petroleum pigs, power pirates, and high-finance carnivores]

Goldfinger -- Lady Baba-Land: the Islamic Republic of BP -- Pig in the pipeline -- The coon-ass Riviera -- The cheese smelled funny so we threw it in the jungle -- The wizard of ooze -- My home is now a strange place -- We figure out who murdered Jake -- The sorcerer's stone -- Fukushima, Texas...

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1. Verfasser: Palast, Greg (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Dutton 2011
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British Petroleum Company > BP (Firm) > Moral and ethical aspects > Erdölgewinnung > Störfall > Wirtschaftsethik > USA > Petroleum industry and trade > Corrupt practices > Banks and banking, International > International finance > Erdölindustrie > Finanzwirtschaft > Ethik
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Zusammenfassung:Goldfinger -- Lady Baba-Land: the Islamic Republic of BP -- Pig in the pipeline -- The coon-ass Riviera -- The cheese smelled funny so we threw it in the jungle -- The wizard of ooze -- My home is now a strange place -- We figure out who murdered Jake -- The sorcerer's stone -- Fukushima, Texas -- Mr. Fairness -- The generalissimo of globalization -- Vultures' picnic -- Lots of fish.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:404 S.
zahlr. Ill.
ISBN:9780525952077
978-0-525-95207-7