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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 to hold government and industry accountable for the damage fracking leaves in its wake.After energy giant Encana secretly fracked hundreds of gas wells around her home and her well water turned to a flammable broth, Jessica Ernst started asking questions. When she put forward evidence that Encana had violated laws by fracturing the community's drinking water aquifer, Ernst was falsely tagged as a bomb-making terrorist and visited by the government’s anti-terrorism squad. Frightened but undaunted, she uncovered a startling history of liability, fraud, and intimidation, along with a willful denial of widespread groundwater contamination. Jessica Ernst’s remarkable story raises dramatic questions about the role of Big Oil in government, society’s obsession with rapidly depleting supplies of unconventional oil and gas, and the future of civil society.
Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Greystone Books; First Edition edition (November 1, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1771640766
ISBN-13: 978-1771640763
Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 1.2 x 8.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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The horror of this poisoning of our environment is that these perps know they are killing innocent people..Pope Francis has taken a stand against this inhuman drilling industry..he says WAKE UP..get the CD and renew your efforts in this fight for our lives. Yes, we have personal experience with these corporate wolves.
Vintage Nikiforuk book. Well researched and informative. Points out the intimidation that happens when one person challenges the oil and gas industry.
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