When water meets oil : rupturing rhetoric and reality in energy policy and climate science

Josh Wodak

doi:10.4324/9781351052146

When water meets oil : rupturing rhetoric and reality in energy policy and climate science

Josh Wodak

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

To explore physical and symbolic ruptures emanating from oil, I trace the journey of this spectral substance from its unearthing in the Gulf of MÃ©xico, back to the dawn of the Space Program, into outer space, to crash back into the sea as military-industrial detritus that is then used to form Artificial Reefs. This spatial trajectory is mapped to the temporal trajectory of climate science and energy policy over Obama’s presidential tenure, given the stark policy contrast between his first and second terms. Through recourse to key speeches, events, campaigns, and policy documents about climate change, climate science, and energy policy, I examine how ruptures challenge energy policy that simultaneously facilitates and decimates the existence of marine ecosystems in the Gulf.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Rhetoric of Oil in the Twenty-first Century: Government, Corporate, and Activist Discourses
Editors	Heather Graves, David Beard
Place of Publication	U.S.
Publisher	Routledge
Pages	72-89
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	9781351052146
ISBN (Print)	9781138484375
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351052146
Publication status	Published - 2019

Keywords

Gulf of Mexico
United States
climatic changes
energy policy
marine ecology
petroleum

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