Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Acronyms

1 Global Environment Governance and Challenges of Corporate Environmental Accountability

PART I: Global Context of Environmental Crisis in the Age of Globalization

2 Overview of Global Environmental Challenges and Accountability

3 Conceptual Approaches and Theoretical Framework

4 Transnational Corporations and Corporate Environmental Accountability

5 Global Environmental Governance and Movement for Corporate Accountability

PART II: National Context of Environmental Governance and Corporate Accountability

6 Nigerian Political Economy and Environmental Governance

7 Legal and Regulatory Architecture for Environmental Governance and Accountability

8 The Nigerian Petroleum Industry and Environmental Governance

9 Niger Delta Region: Petroleum Exploitation and Corporate Ecological Terrorism

PART III: Regional Context of Environmental Governance and Corporate Accountability

10 The Tragedy of Gas Flaring and Venting: The Gift of Death to the Niger Delta Region

11 Planning and Management of Petroleum Pipeline Systemsand Environmental Hazards

12 Environmental Martyrdom: The Quest for Environmental Justice and Corporate Environmental Accountability

Index