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Vultures' picnic : [in pursuit of petroleum pigs, power pirates, and high-finance carnivores]  Cover Image Book Book

Vultures' picnic : [in pursuit of petroleum pigs, power pirates, and high-finance carnivores]

Palast, Greg. (Author).

Summary: Shares an exposé of the relationship between the oil and banking industries while arguing that such environmental disasters as the Gulf oil spill and Exxon Valdez can be directly linked to corporate corruption and failed legislation.

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  • ISBN: 9780525952077 (hc.)
  • ISBN: 0525952071 (hc.)
  • Physical Description: print
    404 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Dutton, 2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Subtitle from cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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.
Subject: BP (Firm) -- Moral and ethical aspects
Petroleum industry and trade -- Corrupt practices
Banks and banking, International -- Moral and ethical aspects
International finance -- Moral and ethical aspects

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  • 6 of 6 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Prince Rupert Library 338.7 Pala (Text) 33294001794478 Adult Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -

Summary: Shares an exposé of the relationship between the oil and banking industries while arguing that such environmental disasters as the Gulf oil spill and Exxon Valdez can be directly linked to corporate corruption and failed legislation.
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