IN DEEP WATER by Peter Lehner with Bob Deans (unabridged) is presented by Blackstone Audio and comes with what is perhaps the best audiobook app available (see FEATURES, below).

Deepwater Horizon was supposed to be the cutting edge of energy exploration: drilling five thousand feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, the $560 million rig would be indispensable in helping to solve the ongoing energy crisis. Then, on April 20, 2010, BP’s dismal safety record came home to roost. An explosion followed by a massive fireball resulted in eleven lives lost, the sinking of the rig, and the release of millions of barrels of crude oil into one of the world’s prime fishing grounds. The barrels suffocate the Gulf’s waters—the resultant slick covers 2,500 square miles. Wildlife in the region is devastated, as is the human community dependent on harvesting the area’s resources.
This is the first book to appear on this environmental catastrophe, the largest offshore spill in American history. It provides a brief account of the disaster and the policy failures that caused it––and lays out a blueprint to avoid future catastrophes.

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•EXPERIENCE. About 4.5 hours of narration. Created as a Folium enhancedAudio™ edition, this book includes extra functions and features not found on lesser players.

•PLAYER CONTROLS. Includes listen (play), pause, multi-speed fast forward/reverse, jump ahead/back, chapter skip, volume control, one-touch chapter- and bookmark browser. There is also a “scrub” bar that finds any point inside the chapter with just a tap.

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RATING: Suitable for people interested in commentary on current events and environmental disasters.

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Peter Lehner, executive director of the NRDC, together with Bob Deans, provides an account of the disaster and the policy failures that caused it––and lays out a blueprint for avoiding similar catastrophes in the future.