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The real cost of fracking : how America's shale gas boom is threatening our families, pets, and food / Michelle Bamberger and Robert Oswald ; foreword by Sandra Steingraber.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boston : Beacon Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: xiii, 230 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780807084939 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 080708493X (hbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.17/91 23
LOC classification:
  • TD195.G3 B36 2014
Contents:
Families and their pets -- Sarah and Josie : violated families -- Samantha and Jesse : shattered dreams -- Ann and Andrew : reluctant refugees -- Fracking, farming, and our food supply -- Mary and Charlie : quarantined cattle -- Sharon and Wade : disrespect of farmers and farming -- Environmental justice -- Claire and Jason : forsaken community -- Epilogue : where do we go from here? -- Appendix : a primer on gas drilling.
Summary: Presents a cautionary assessment of the consequences of hydraulic fracturing that documents numerous cases of drilling-site contamination linked to human and animal illnesses.
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Book Book La Retama Central Library La Retama Central Library Nonfiction 363.1791 BAM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 43185000909794
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Families and their pets -- Sarah and Josie : violated families -- Samantha and Jesse : shattered dreams -- Ann and Andrew : reluctant refugees -- Fracking, farming, and our food supply -- Mary and Charlie : quarantined cattle -- Sharon and Wade : disrespect of farmers and farming -- Environmental justice -- Claire and Jason : forsaken community -- Epilogue : where do we go from here? -- Appendix : a primer on gas drilling.

Presents a cautionary assessment of the consequences of hydraulic fracturing that documents numerous cases of drilling-site contamination linked to human and animal illnesses.

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