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Fracking /

Discusses the critical issues concerning hydraulic fracking, the process of extracting natural gas from shale rock layers deep within the earth.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hillstrom, Kevin, 1963-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Detroit : Lucent Books, an imprint of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2013]
Series:Hot topics (San Diego, Calif.)
Subjects:
Shale gas reservoirs > United States > Popular works.
Hydraulic fracturing > Government policy > United States > Popular works.
Table of Contents:
  • The promise and peril of fracking
  • The origins and development of fracking
  • How modern fracking works
  • The benefits of fracking
  • The drawbacks of fracking
  • Fracking in the twenty-first century.