George P. Mitchell : Fracking, Sustainability, and an Unorthodox Quest to Save the Planet /
Upon George Mitchell's death in 2013, The Economist proclaimed, "Few businesspeople have done as much to change the world as George Mitchell," a billionaire Texas oilman who defied the stereotypical swagger so identified with that industry. In George P. Mitchell: Fracking, Sustainabil...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2019
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Edición: | First edition |
Colección: | Kenneth E. Montague series in oil and business history ;
no. 26. Book collections on Project MUSE. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- A farewell to trees
- The Greek with the Irish name
- George
- The fortunes of lovesick freshmen
- "Call me Mitch"
- "You're going to end up a bum"
- The bookie and the big bet
- Beyond the big nine
- Growing concerns
- Social awakening
- Flying by the seat of his pants
- Lafitte's gold
- Going public
- How to build a city
- A house divided
- Galveston reborn
- Subatomic dreams
- The fight for fracking
- Fire from the ground
- The frack heard round the world
- Persistent doubts
- Selling out
- Attempted retirement
- Wendy's telescope
- Fishing in the sunsets of eternity
- Benefits and backlash.