Tom Wilber

Under the Surface (eBook, ePUB)

Fracking, Fortunes, and the Fate of the Marcellus Shale

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Under the Surface is the first book-length journalistic overview of shale gas development in the Marcellus region of northeast Pennsylvania and central New York and the controversies surrounding hydraulic fracturing ("fracking").

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780801456374
• Artikelnr.: 48785749

Autorenporträt

Tom Wilber, a journalist, author, and teacher, has spent years interviewing key players and local residents on all sides of the controversial issue of developing the country's energy supplies through the controversial process of high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." He is a reporter covering business, health, and environmental issues for Gannett Corporation's Central New York Newspaper Group (including the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin). His reporting on fracking won Best of Gannett honors in 2010. Under the Surface was selected as a finalist for the 2013 New York Public Library's Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: Cracks in the Rock
1. An Agent of Dreams
2. Coming Together
3. Gas Rush
4. Figures, Facts, and Information
5. Accidental Activists
6. The Division
7. Superior Forces
Epilogue: Back on Carter Road