Book

Natural gas / Dedria Bryfonski, book editor.

Bryfonski, Dedria, (editor.).

Record details

ISBN: 9780737772760
ISBN: 073777276X
ISBN: 9780737772777
ISBN: 0737772778
Physical Description: 258 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Farmington Hills, Mich : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2015]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-240) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The shale-gas boom won't do much for climate change. But it will make us richer / Brad Plumer -- Consumers see little economic benefit from fracking / Patrick Reis -- Fracking is safe / Rock Zierman -- Fracking is not safe / Anthony Ingraffea -- Fracking contributes to global warming / Louis W. Allstadt, as told to Ellen Cantarow -- Fracking does not contribute to global warming / Coral Davenport -- Report: Fracking raises water supply worries / Julie Schmit -- Fracking does not harm the water supply / Energy in Depth -- Increasing pipeline capacity will result in job creation and lower energy costs / Maureen D. Smith -- More natural gas pipeline capacity is needed / Peter Howe -- Leaky gas pipelines cost consumers billions / US House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee Democratic Staff -- Pipeline safety is improving / Karl Henkel -- Pipeline safety chief says regulatory process is "kind of dying" / Marcus Stern and Sebastian Jones -- Pipelines explained: How safe are America's 2.5 million miles of pipelines? / Lena Groeger.

The benefits of exporting natural gas are greater than the risks / Michael Levi -- Exporting natural gas will pollute the environment / Craig Segall -- Banning natural gas exports will not address environmental and economic concerns / Ed Dolan -- Exporting natural gas is in the national interest / Lisa Murkowski -- Exporting natural gas is not in the national interest / Ron Wyden -- Want to help the Ukrainian Opposition? Allow natural gas exports / Josiah Neely -- Exporting natural gas will benefit the US economy / Scott Lincicome -- Offshore gas drilling benefits the economy and the environment / Bruce Allen -- Offshore gas drilling harms the environment / Emily Jeffers -- Offshore drilling for gas would benefit the US economy / David W. Kreutzer and John L. Ligon -- Drilling in the Atlantic could hurt the economy by damaging tourism / Chris Carnevale -- Why the latest gulf leak is no BP disaster / Christopher Joyce -- Total leak underlines offshore gas risks / James Herron, Alexis Flynn, and Sara Kent.