Groundswell : the case for fracking

Levant, Ezra 1972- (Author).

Summary: "In Groundswell, Ezra Levant, author of Ethical oil, takes on the next big thing in energy: fracking. In a few short years, the discovery of vast reserves of until now unreachable natural gas, and the adoption of a process to get at it, have brought about a shale-gas revolution that is transforming Canada and the United States...In this timely and provacative book, Levant explores the promise of natural gas that fracking has made possible and provides an eye-opening lookt at a subject of growing international importance."--

Record details

ISBN: 9780771046445 (hardcover) :
Physical Description: print
260 p. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Toronto : Signal, 2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

Plentiful, cheap, clean, Democratic energy -- An OPEC for gas -- Gazprom: how the shale gas revolution weakens Russia?s energy monopoly -- Criticisms of fracking: contaminated groundwater -- Criticisms of fracking: using too much water -- Criticisms of fracking: secret chemicals -- Criticisms of fracking: seismic activity -- Who are the anti-fracking activists? -- Coal mining vs. fracking -- What is fracking really like in America? -- Shale gas around the world -- Gasland and Josh Fox -- Luddities.