Fracking / by Ryan Nagelhout.
Material type: TextSeries: Habitat havocPublication details: New York, NY : Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2014.Edition: First editionDescription: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1433998556 (pbk.)
- 1433999196 (library binding)
- 9781433998553 (pbk.)
- 9781433999192 (library binding)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 622.3381 N147 | Available | 33111007918655 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Natural gas can be found underground in more than two dozens states in the United States. While this clean-burning fossil fuel might be the answer to American dependence on overseas oil, the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing is causing severe ecological harm. Concise explanations of fracking will introduce readers to one of the hottest political and environmental topics of our time. Detailed fact boxes offer additional information about both sides of the debate, while full-color photographs engage readers with the havoc being wreaked on animal and human habitats.
Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
Fuel of life -- What is fracking? -- Fracking in America -- The dilemma -- The wastewater -- The freshwater -- The livestock -- The roads -- Human habitats -- Fracking around the world -- The future of fracking.
An introduction to the uses and workings of, and problems related to, the practice of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.