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Frackopoly : the battle for the future of energy and the environment / Wenonah Hauter.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : The New Press, [2016]Description: xii, 364 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781620970072 (hardback)
  • 1620970074 (hardback)
Subject(s):
Contents:
In the beginning -- Setting the stage -- The natural gas heist -- Seeking the roots of the frackopoly -- The frackopoly comes to power -- The road to ruin -- Mitchell makes a fortune -- Devon: big fish polluting a small pond -- Chesapeake Energy: high-rolling fracking drama -- When will the Bakken boom go bust for good? -- Poisonous legacy in Wyoming -- Politics, betrayal, and broken communities -- Sacrifice zones in the Keystone State -- Not a drop left to drink -- The real cost of fracking infrastructure -- Exxon: more powerful than ever -- The climate change heist -- Pollution trading: a shell game -- Hard-fought victory in New York -- The Ban Movement grows, stretching coast to coast -- A global movement to ban fracking -- The way forward.
Summary: "Over the past decade a new and controversial energy extraction method known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has rocketed to the forefront of U.S. energy production. With fracking, millions of gallons of water, dangerous chemicals, and sand are injected under high pressure deep into the earth, fracturing hard rock to release oil and gas. Wenonah Hauter, one of the nation's leading public interest advocates, argues that the rush to fracking is dangerous to the environment and treacherous to human health. Frackopoly describes how the fracking industry began; the technologies that make it possible; and the destruction and poisoning of clean water sources and the release of harmful radiation from deep inside shale deposits, creating what the author calls "sacrifice zones" across the American landscape. The book also examines the powerful interests that have supported fracking, including leading environmental groups, and offers a thorough debunking of its supposed economic benefits. With a wealth of new data, Frackopoly is essential and riveting reading for anyone interested in protecting the environment and ensuring a healthy and sustainable future for all Americans. "-- Provided by publisher.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"The definitive story on how big oil and gas corporations captured our political system . . . and the growing grassroots movement to retake our democracy" (Mark Ruffalo).

Over the past decade a new and controversial energy extraction method known as hydraulic fracturing, commonly referred to as fracking, has rocketed to the forefront of US energy production. With fracking, millions of gallons of water, dangerous chemicals, and sand are injected under high pressure deep into the earth, fracturing hard rock to release oil and gas.

Wenonah Hauter, one of the nation's leading public interest advocates, argues that the rush to fracking is dangerous to the environment and treacherous to human health. Frackopoly describes how the fracking industry began; the technologies that make it possible; and the destruction and poisoning of clean water sources with the release of harmful radiation from deep inside shale deposits, creating what the author calls "sacrifice zones" across the American landscape.

The book also examines the powerful interests that have supported fracking, including leading environmental groups, and offers a thorough debunking of its supposed economic benefits. With a wealth of new data, Frackopoly is an essential and riveting read for anyone interested in protecting the environment and ensuring a healthy and sustainable future for all Americans.

"A passionate history and critique of the energy industry, from Standard Oil to Enron . . . . [A] journalistic exposé of fracking outrages in which aggressive entrepreneurs in pursuit of profits wreak havoc on the land and poison the water." -- Kirkus Reviews

"A truly powerful manifesto about one of the greatest environmental fights on our planet today--from one of its greatest champions!" --Bill McKibben, environmentalist and author of Oil and Honey

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Over the past decade a new and controversial energy extraction method known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has rocketed to the forefront of U.S. energy production. With fracking, millions of gallons of water, dangerous chemicals, and sand are injected under high pressure deep into the earth, fracturing hard rock to release oil and gas. Wenonah Hauter, one of the nation's leading public interest advocates, argues that the rush to fracking is dangerous to the environment and treacherous to human health. Frackopoly describes how the fracking industry began; the technologies that make it possible; and the destruction and poisoning of clean water sources and the release of harmful radiation from deep inside shale deposits, creating what the author calls "sacrifice zones" across the American landscape. The book also examines the powerful interests that have supported fracking, including leading environmental groups, and offers a thorough debunking of its supposed economic benefits. With a wealth of new data, Frackopoly is essential and riveting reading for anyone interested in protecting the environment and ensuring a healthy and sustainable future for all Americans. "-- Provided by publisher.

In the beginning -- Setting the stage -- The natural gas heist -- Seeking the roots of the frackopoly -- The frackopoly comes to power -- The road to ruin -- Mitchell makes a fortune -- Devon: big fish polluting a small pond -- Chesapeake Energy: high-rolling fracking drama -- When will the Bakken boom go bust for good? -- Poisonous legacy in Wyoming -- Politics, betrayal, and broken communities -- Sacrifice zones in the Keystone State -- Not a drop left to drink -- The real cost of fracking infrastructure -- Exxon: more powerful than ever -- The climate change heist -- Pollution trading: a shell game -- Hard-fought victory in New York -- The Ban Movement grows, stretching coast to coast -- A global movement to ban fracking -- The way forward.

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