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The Politics of Fracking: Regulatory Policy and Local Community Responses to Environmental Concerns

Posted By: arundhati
Date: 25 May 2022 13:35:17
The Politics of Fracking: Regulatory Policy and Local Community Responses to Environmental Concerns

Sarmistha R. Majumdar, "The Politics of Fracking: Regulatory Policy and Local Community Responses to Environmental Concerns "
English | ISBN: 1138682594 | 2018 | 228 pages | EPUB | 4 MB

Over the last decade, the oil and gas industry has garnered a lot of support from the United States federal and state governments in the name of energy independence and economic prosperity. More specifically, hydraulic fracturing or fracking is said to not only make the production of affordable energy possible but also reduce emissions of carbon dioxide by substituting coal with natural gas in the utility sector. Behind the façade of many socio-economic and political benefits, the process of fracking causes serious environmental concerns. Dismissing the negative externalities of fracking simply raises the question, to what extent have communities close to fracking sites been adversely impacted by it?
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