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Pub. Date
2016
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Forty years ago, Bakerton coal fueled the country. Then the mines closed, and the town wore away like a bar of soap. Now Bakerton has been granted a surprise third act: it sits squarely atop the Marcellus Shale, a massive deposit of natural gas. To drill or not to drill? Prison guard Rich Devlin leases his mineral rights to finance his dream of farming. He doesnt count on the truck traffic and nonstop noise, his brothers skepticism or the paranoia...
2) The real cost of fracking: how America's shale gas boom is threatening our families, pets, and food
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Pub. Date
2014.
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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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Pub. Date
[2012]
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For millions of people with a direct stake in shale gas exploration in the Marcellus or any number of other emerging shale resources in the United States and worldwide, or for those concerned about the global energy outlook, "Under the Surface" offers a look at the issues -- Publisher description.
5) Fracking
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[2013]
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Discusses the benefits and drawbacks of fracking.
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Pub. Date
2017.
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Bestselling author Jennifer Haigh returns to the Pennsylvania town and the conflicting forces at its heart--hope and desperation, greed and power, big business and small-town families. Forty years ago, Bakerton coal fueled the country. Then the mines closed, and the town wore away. Now Bakerton has been granted a surprise third act: it sits squarely atop the Marcellus Shale, a massive deposit of natural gas. Told through a cast of characters whose...