Slick Water: Fracking and One Insider's Stand Against the World's Most Powerful Industry

by Andrew Nikiforuk

Book Overview

The fossil fuel industry and many environmental groups tout hydraulic fracturing -- "fracking" -- as a panacea, with slick promises of energy independence, greenhouse gas reductions, and benefits to local economies. Yet the controversial technology, which blasts massive volumes of fluids, sand, and chemicals into rock and coal formations, has sparked huge public protests. Slick Water tells the shocking, inspiring story of one woman's stand...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771640766
• ISBN13: 9781771640763
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Greystone Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.6" x 8.6"