Torrey Canyon
The Political Dimension
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10072674 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Sheail (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (Natural Environment Research Council), Monks Wood, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 485-504 |
| Publication date | 2007-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0094 • E-ISSN: 1461-7250 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022009407078329 |
| OpenAlex | W1999296969 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
It is forty years since the Torrey Canyon oil-tanker disaster of March/April 1967. The unprecedented scale of the pollution and its impact on the Cornish coast is commonly perceived as an important trigger to the environmental movement of the 1970s. The article focuses on the political response to the immediate stranding and destruction of the tanker, the pollution of the beaches, the legal and scientific advice tendered, and the longer-term repercussions for ‘the machinery of government’. If not a trigger, such exposure to public criticism accelerated the incremental pace by which ministers and their officials responded to the increasing significance being given to pollution issues
Archaeology · Canyon · Cornish · Criticism · Environmental planning · Geography · Government (linguistics · Pace · Political science · Politics · American Environmental and Regional History · Law
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,35 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2023 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |