Little Town On The Shale

Author : Tracy L. Kinne
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1481744631
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Little Town on the Shale written by Tracy L. Kinne and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maggie is an aspiring scientist who hopes to earn a full university scholarship. Her mother, who just applied for food stamps, and her father, who after months of unemployment took a job for half his previous pay, could never afford tuition. When she learns that her neighbor is considering leasing his land for gas drilling, Maggie studies the subject and finds herself becoming an activist. The dangers of hydrofracking are real, but in this small, rural, economically depressed town, will her neighbors believe the gas companys promises of prosperity and safe drilling?

Author : John Sayles
Publisher : Haymarket Books
ISBN 13 : 1642590789
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yellow Earth written by John Sayles and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Yellow Earth, John Sayles introduces an epic cast of characters, weaving together narratives of competing agendas and worldviews with lyrical dexterity, insight, and wit. When rich layers of shale oil are discovered beneath the town of Yellow Earth, all hell breaks loose. Locals, oil workers, service workers, politicians, law enforcement, and get-rich-quick opportunists—along with an earnest wildlife biologist—commingle and collide as the population of the town triples overnight. Harleigh Killdeer, chairman of the tribal business council of the neighboring Three Nations reservation, entertains visions of "sovereignty by the barrel" and joins forces with a fast-talking entrepreneur. From casino dealers to activists and high school kids, everyone in the region is swept up in the unsparing wave of an oil boom. Sayles’s masterful storytelling draws an arc from the earliest exploitation of this land and its people all the way to twenty-first-century privatization schemes. Through the intertwining lives of its characters, Yellow Earth lays bare how the profit motive erodes human relationships, as well as our living planet. The fate of Yellow Earth serves as a parable for our times.

Author : Virginia. Division of Mineral Resources
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bulletin written by Virginia. Division of Mineral Resources and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Colin Jerolmack
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691220263
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Up to Heaven and Down to Hell written by Colin Jerolmack and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting portrait of a rural Pennsylvania town at the center of the fracking controversy Shale gas extraction—commonly known as fracking—is often portrayed as an energy revolution that will transform the American economy and geopolitics. But in greater Williamsport, Pennsylvania, fracking is personal. Up to Heaven and Down to Hell is a vivid and sometimes heartbreaking account of what happens when one of the most momentous decisions about the well-being of our communities and our planet—whether or not to extract shale gas and oil from the very land beneath our feet—is largely a private choice that millions of ordinary people make without the public's consent. The United States is the only country in the world where property rights commonly extend "up to heaven and down to hell," which means that landowners have the exclusive right to lease their subsurface mineral estates to petroleum companies. Colin Jerolmack spent eight months living with rural communities outside of Williamsport as they confronted the tension between property rights and the commonwealth. In this deeply intimate book, he reveals how the decision to lease brings financial rewards but can also cause irreparable harm to neighbors, to communal resources like air and water, and even to oneself. Up to Heaven and Down to Hell casts America’s ideas about freedom and property rights in a troubling new light, revealing how your personal choices can undermine your neighbors’ liberty, and how the exercise of individual rights can bring unintended environmental consequences for us all.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Clay-worker written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The log of the clay worker": v. 100, p. 188-193.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.6S/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bulletin - Virginia Geological Survey written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Natural History Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gary Sernovitz
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466892579
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Green and the Black written by Gary Sernovitz and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gary Sernovitz leads a double life. A typical New York liberal, he is also an oilman - a fact his left-leaning friends let slide until the word "fracking" entered popular parlance. "How can you frack?" they suddenly demanded, aghast. But for Sernovitz, the real question is, "What happens if we don't?" Fracking has become a four-letter word to environmentalists. But most people don't know what it means. In his fast-paced, funny, and lively book, Sernovitz explains the reality of fracking: what it is, how it can be made safer, and how the oil business works. He also tells the bigger story. Fracking was just one part of a shale revolution that shocked our assumptions about fueling America's future. The revolution has transformed the world with consequences for the oil industry, investors, environmentalists, political leaders, and anyone who lives in areas shaped by the shales, uses fossil fuels, or cares about the climate - in short, everyone. Thanks to American engineers' oilfield innovations, the United States is leading the world in reducing carbon emissions, has sparked a potential manufacturing renaissance, and may soon eliminate its dependence on foreign energy. Once again the largest oil and gas producer in the world, America has altered its balance of power with Russia and the Middle East. Yet the shale revolution has also caused local disruptions and pollution. It has prolonged the world's use of fossil fuels. Is there any way to reconcile the costs with the benefits of fracking? To do so, we must start by understanding fracking and the shale revolution in their totality. The Green and the Black bridges the gap in America's energy education. With an insider's firsthand knowledge and unprecedented clarity, Sernovitz introduces readers to the shales - a history-upturning "Internet of oil" - tells the stories of the shale revolution's essential characters, and addresses all the central controversies. To capture the economic, political, and environmental prizes, we need to adopt a balanced, informed perspective. We need to take the green with the black. Where we go from there is up to us.

Author : Thomas Lincoln Casey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences written by Thomas Lincoln Casey and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Records of meetings 1808-1916 in v. 11-27.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drainage Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: