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Title:
Natural gas / Dedria Bryfonski, book editor.
Author:
Bryfonski, Dedria, editor.
Publication Information:
Farmington Hills, Mich. : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2015]
Call Number:
TN278 .N38 2015
ISBN:
9780737772760

9780737772777
Series:
Opposing viewpoints

Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Physical Description:
258 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Contents:
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.
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Natural gas (2015)
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