When the Hills Are Gone : Frac Sand Mining and the Struggle for Community /

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Fracking is one of the most controversial methods of fossil fuel extraction in the United States, but a great deal about it remains out of the public eye. In Wisconsin it has ignited an unprecedented explosion in the states sand mining operations, an essential ingredient in hydraulic fracturing that...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pearson, Thomas W., 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sand and gravel mines and mining > Environmental aspects.
Environmentalism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Mining.
Environnementalisme > Wisconsin.
Fracturation hydraulique > Wisconsin > Opinion publique.
Environmentalism > Wisconsin.
Hydraulic fracturing > Wisconsin > Public opinion.
Sand and gravel mines and mining > Wisconsin > Public opinion.
Sand and gravel mines and mining > Environmental aspects > Wisconsin.
Wisconsin.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Save our hills
  • Low hanging fruit
  • Dangers unseen
  • Where you live
  • Neighbors
  • In pursuit of local democracy
  • Confronting the next boom.

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