While this cleanburning fossil fuel might be the answer to us dependence on overseas oil, the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing is causing severe ecological harm. Exposing the real price of the us fracking industry youtube. Trump is tearing up fracking rules on federal lands. May 27, 2016 the problem with fictional accounts of the fracking boom is the real thing proves far more captivating. The farmers, retirees and children we meet in these pages are canaries in the fracking mineand. The real cost of fracking meet your next favorite book. The real cost of fracking describes clearly these findings. Mooney, chris, scientific american, 00368733, nov2011, vol.
However, the book is organized around the firsthand experiences of the animals and people behind seven of these case studies. Journalist, eliza griswold just won a pulitzer prize and a bernstein award for her recent book, amity and prosperity. Hydraulic fracturing also called fracking, fracing, hydrofracking, fraccing, fracing, and hydrofracturing is a well stimulation technique in which rock is fractured by a pressurized liquid. The operations and environmental consequences of hydraulic fracturing by michael d. Dec 15, 20 clear, concise explanations of fracking will introduce readers to one of the hottest political and environmental topics of our time. Over the past decade, fracking has spread rapidly, leaving a trail of contaminated water, polluted air, and marred landscapes in its wake. The process involves the highpressure injection of fracking fluid primarily water, containing sand or other proppants suspended with the aid of thickening agents into a wellbore to create. When natural gas drilling moves into an urban or a suburban neighborhood, a twohundredfoothigh drill appears on the other side of a back yard fence and diesel trucks clog a quiet twolane residential street.
The shale gas rush has spawned enough compelling stories about companies and individuals to. In communities across the us, people are hearing more and more about a controversial oil and. Nov 24, 2014 their new book, the real cost of fracking. In this cool, disarming and persuasive indictment of frackings widespread negative consequences, the authors provide an important addition to an ongoing debate. The cost of fracking and frac sand mining environment. In the real cost of their report documented cases studies with animal owners in colorado, louisiana, new york, ohio, pennsylvania, and texas.
These books provide a range of opinions on a social issue. Nevertheless, the boom is an easy read, which is a compliment for a book that is about a process rather than a person. The real cost of fracking adroitly documents the maladies that fracking inflicts on its neighbors and their animals, and bamberger and oswald convincingly connect these illnesses with current science and statistical studies. Few subjects in contemporary american life would seem riper for a big social novel than. In the past two years alone, a series of surface spills, including two blowouts at wells operated by chesapeake energy and eog resources and a spill of 8000 gallons of.
Nov 28, 2014 the real cost of fracking describes clearly these findings. The problem with fictional accounts of the fracking boom is the real thing proves far more captivating. Even at its most basic level, the book is a fascinating story about the energy booms relationship to the natural land. Again, the states of md, vt, ny and many other countries have voted to ban the process for good. For ray kemble, a notable antifracking activist whose water began running green after the wells popped up, the benefits are nowhere to be seen. However, the true cost of fracking ranging from cleaning up contaminated water to repairing ruined roads and beyond are likely to be borne by the public, rather than the oil and gas industry. How americas shale gas boom is threatening our families, pets and food, examines whats happening to humans, pets and farm animals and the environment, primarily in pennsylvania. Each chapter focuses on a particular controversy, such contamination of well water with gas from fracking, and follows a similar format. Michelle bamberger, a veterinarian, and robert oswald, a pharmacologist, combine their expertise to show how contamination at drilling sites translates into ill health and heartbreak for families and their. The authors provide a reasoned and impassioned call for government to stop toxic trespass by the fracking industry. Clear, concise explanations of fracking will introduce readers to one of the hottest political and.
Hear and see the exciting story of jake and his frack crew as they explore americas shale fields. New exploration and production may decrease, and some higher cost wells have. More a worker steps through a maze of hoses at a remote fracking site run by halliburton for naturalgas producer williams in rulison, colo. However, it is by showing the pervasiveness of fracking s harmful effects on the lives of the householders that bamberger and oswald best convey its true costs. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The us government has placed the burden of proof on the public. The science behind the controversy is an important book that should be read by anyone concerned or interested in shale gas or the issues surrounding fracking. Using more water and minerals increases the cost of fracking, but the enhanced completion techniques can boost production rates in the first. It works by injecting fracking fluid water with chemicals added at high pressure into wells to create cracks in the rock. Images of flaming water from faucets, stories of sickened families, and incidents of blowouts and spills. A spokesman for the trade association that represents fracking companies, united kingdom onshore oil and gas ukoog, said a total of four wells had gone into the shale layer in.
Mas ultra school edition html full text the truth about fracking contents 1. New waterless fracking method avoids pollution problems. Fracking now represents more than 3% of the nations gdp, putting america on the road towards energy independence as crude oil imports have dropped by more than 40%. The real cost of fracking ebook by michelle bamberger. Learn the frack story the strengths and challenges this new world of energy presents to each of us.
However, the book is organized around the firsthand experiences of the animals. It cracks open the reality of fracking and seats us across the kitchen table from real people who have been poisonedand who, despite being american citizens and taxpayers, cant do a thing about it. The real risks of the shale gas revolution, and how to manage them. The media and public attention often focus on the immediate impacts of dirty drilling. Natural gas can be found underground in more than two dozens states in the united states. Sep 15, 2019 for every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. In dimock, pennsylvania, fracking operations contaminated the drinking water wells of several households for roughly three years, perhaps more. The real cost of fracking kobo ebook rainy day books. How americas shale gas boom is threatening our families, pets, and food describes the results of this research. Mar 14, 2014 nevertheless, the boom is an easy read, which is a compliment for a book that is about a process rather than a person.
This is the story of the unconventional development of shale oil and gas deposits across the nation. The real cost of fracking by michelle bamberger, robert. Apr 17, 2012 supporters claim fracking will herald an age of cheaper gas in the us, shale gas accounts for a quarter of the countrys gas industry and fracking has helped cut gas prices by 25% in the four. A horizontal news sharing network for those who want to be fully informed rather than fracked about fracking hydraulic fracturing and.
What happens when natural gas drilling moves into an urban area. Fracking has spread across the country with 7,000 wells drilled or permitted in more than 20 states since 2005. Labour government would ban fracking in uk environment. Accessible and informative, this book is perfect for general readers, industry and environmental professionals, regulators, politicians, community leaders. Machinery used to fracture shale formations stands at a hydraulic fracking, or. The process involves the highpressure injection of fracking fluid primarily water, containing sand or other proppants suspended with the aid of. The cost of fracking and frac sand mining environment minnesota. A flare used to burn off excess natural gas produced by oil wells, mckenzie county, north dakota, 2014.
Supporters claim fracking will herald an age of cheaper gas in the us, shale gas accounts for a quarter of the countrys gas industry and fracking has helped cut. The real cost of fracking pulls back the curtain on how this toxic process endangers the environment and harms people, pets, and livestock. Detailed sidebars offer additional information about both sides of the debate, while fullcolor photographs engage readers with the havoc being wreaked on an animal habitat of particular concernours. Fracking controversy top 10 myths about natural gas drilling. Firms have not even been required to publish the chemicals they use. How americas shale gas boom is threatening our families, pets, and food, by michelle bamberger and robert oswald, got me thinking about interdependence, the reality that we are all connected through myriad threads, whether we acknowledge it or not. Eliza griswold uncovers the human cost of fracking the. The book includes texts by kent haruf, toby jurovics, and inara verzemnieks and is published by damiani. In the real world of fracking, serious environmental accidents can and do occur quite frequently.
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