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  • Daniel Raimi
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The Fracking Debate
This chapter is in the book The Fracking Debate
© 2018 Columbia University Press

© 2018 Columbia University Press

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. 1. INTRODUCTION 1
  5. 2. WHAT IS FRACKING? 11
  6. 3. DOES FRACKING CONTAMINATE WATER? 31
  7. 4. WILL FRACKING MAKE ME SICK? 55
  8. 5. DOES FRACKING CAUSE EARTHQUAKES? 75
  9. 6. IS THERE ANY REGULATION ON FRACKING? 89
  10. 7. IS FRACKING GOOD OR BAD FOR CLIMATE CHANGE? 107
  11. 8. WILL FRACKING MAKE THE UNITED STATES ENERGY INDEPENDENT? 135
  12. 9. IS FRACKING GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY? 151
  13. 10. WILL FRACKING SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD? 173
  14. 11. DO PEOPLE LIVING NEAR FRACKING LOVE IT OR HATE IT? 191
  15. 12. WHAT’S NEXT? 207
  16. Notes 215
  17. Index 253
https://doi.org/10.7312/raim18486-002

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. 1. INTRODUCTION 1
  5. 2. WHAT IS FRACKING? 11
  6. 3. DOES FRACKING CONTAMINATE WATER? 31
  7. 4. WILL FRACKING MAKE ME SICK? 55
  8. 5. DOES FRACKING CAUSE EARTHQUAKES? 75
  9. 6. IS THERE ANY REGULATION ON FRACKING? 89
  10. 7. IS FRACKING GOOD OR BAD FOR CLIMATE CHANGE? 107
  11. 8. WILL FRACKING MAKE THE UNITED STATES ENERGY INDEPENDENT? 135
  12. 9. IS FRACKING GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY? 151
  13. 10. WILL FRACKING SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD? 173
  14. 11. DO PEOPLE LIVING NEAR FRACKING LOVE IT OR HATE IT? 191
  15. 12. WHAT’S NEXT? 207
  16. Notes 215
  17. Index 253
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