Fracking The Uk 2

Author : Alan Tootill
Publisher : Alan Tootill
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Fracking The UK 2 by Alan Tootill Pdf

Alan Tootill's first volume of Fracking The UK discussed the threat to Britain of a new dash for gas. It concluded that the US experience shows the UK government's imposition of shale gas exploration on an unwilling public is ill-judged and unacceptable. Published in March 2013, this remains an essential primer to fracking and how it might affect the UK. In this new volume, Alan Tootill covers the events in the UK since 2013, and with the struggle against fracking winning the political argument in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, concentrates on the English dimension to the continuing war against an unwanted industrialisation of our countryside and unwarranted attack on environmental and human health, human rights and local democracy.

Author : Alan Tootill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1520565399

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Fracking the UK - Volumes 1 And 2 by Alan Tootill Pdf

This omnibus edition contains the first two volumes of Fracking The UK.In the first volume, Alan Tootill discussed the threat to Britain of a new dash for gas. He concluded that the US experience shows the UK government's imposition of shale gas exploration on an unwilling public is ill-judged and unacceptable. Published in March 2013, this remains an essential primer to fracking and how it might affect the UK. The second volume, Fracking The UK 2 - The Storm Rages On, covers events in the UK since 2013, up to December 2016. It reports on new developments in the US and emerging information about the hazards of fracking, with reference to how this fits in with the UK government's pro-fracking climate. Political, industry and social developments in the UK are charted, with special emphasis on England, where the UK government is intent on inflicting fracking on an unwilling public.For those wishing to explore the background behind current events in Lancashire and the battle being waged against fracking, this is an essential read.

Author : B. A. Fretwell,Caspar Corden,R. Lawson (Writer on shale gas fracking),S. A. Mathias,H. Tribe,United Kingdom Water Industry Research
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Gas well drilling
ISBN : 1840577207

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Understanding the Potential Impacts of Shale Gas Fracking on the UK Water Industry by B. A. Fretwell,Caspar Corden,R. Lawson (Writer on shale gas fracking),S. A. Mathias,H. Tribe,United Kingdom Water Industry Research Pdf

Author : Nigel South,Avi Brisman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000753523

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Routledge International Handbook of Green Criminology by Nigel South,Avi Brisman Pdf

The Routledge International Handbook of Green Criminology was the first comprehensive and international anthology dedicated to green criminology. It presented green criminology to an international audience, described the state of the field, offered a description of a range of environmental issues of regional and global importance, and argued for continued criminological attention to environmental crimes and harms, setting an agenda for further study. In the six years since its publication, the field has continued to grow and thrive. This revised and expanded second edition of the Handbook reflects new methodological orientations, new locations of study such as Asia, Canada and South America, and new responses to environmental harms. While a number of the original chapters have been revised, the second edition offers a range of fresh chapters covering new and emerging areas of study, such as: conservation criminology, eco-feminism, environmental victimology, fracking, migration and eco-rights, and e-waste. This handbook continues to define and capture the field of green criminology and is essential reading for students and researchers engaged in green crime and environmental harm.

Author : Tade Oyewunmi,Penelope Crossley,Frédéric Gilles Sourgens,Kim Talus
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509932917

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Decarbonisation and the Energy Industry by Tade Oyewunmi,Penelope Crossley,Frédéric Gilles Sourgens,Kim Talus Pdf

This timely collection of essays examines the legal and regulatory dynamics of energy transitions in the context of emerging trends towards decarbonisation and low-carbon energy solutions. The book explores this topic by considering the applicable energy law and policy frameworks in both: (i) highly industrialised and major economies such as the US, EU, China and Australia; (ii) resource-rich developing countries such as Nigeria and regions like Southern Africa. Comprising 16 chapters, the book delves into the tradeoffs and regulatory complexities of carbon-constraints in conventional energy supply systems, while maintaining a reliable and secure energy system that is equally sustainable (ie decarbonised). It highlights the importance of ensuring affordable access to energy services in developing economies as the energy transitions unfold and explores the potentials of emerging technologies such as hydrogen networks, power-to-gas and Carbon Capture and Storage. Additionally, the book also considers the international investment law implications of energy decarbonisation. Focusing on the nexus between law, regulation and institutions, it adopts a contextual approach to examine how and to what extent institutions can effectively facilitate more reliable, sustainable and secure energy supply systems in the twenty-first century. This book portrays the conventional hydrocarbon-based energy supply industry in a largely international and interconnected context. It highlights the costs, benefits and losses that may arise as the transition towards decarbonisation unfolds depending on the pathways and solutions adopted. With chapters written by leading experts in energy law and policy, the reader-friendly style and engaging discussions will benefit an international audience of policymakers, academics, students and advisers looking for a more incisive understanding of the issues involved in energy transitions and the decarbonisation of energy systems.

Author : Professor Ron Hester,Professor Roy Harrison
Publisher : Royal Society of Chemistry
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781849739207

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Fracking by Professor Ron Hester,Professor Roy Harrison Pdf

Fracking - hydraulic fracturing of porous rock to enhance the extraction of fossil fuels - was first attempted in the mid-20th century, but has only recently been adopted as a viable source of hydrocarbons. This volume in the Issues series examines the technology, and its potential environmental implications.

Author : John Hannigan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000646849

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Environmental Sociology by John Hannigan Pdf

John Hannigan’s definitive textbook offers a distinctive, balanced coverage of environmental issues, policies and action. This revised fourth edition has been expanded and fully updated to explore contemporary developments and issues within global environmental sociology. Environmental Sociology reconciles Hannigan’s widely cited model of the social construction of environmental problems and controversies, which states that incipient environmental issues must be identified, researched, promoted and persuasively argued in the form of "claims", with an environmental justice perspective that stresses inequality and threats to local communities. For example, this new edition explores the interconnections between indigenous communities and environmental activists via a study of the difficult relationship between Aboriginal people and environmentalists in Australia. The updated fourth edition also discusses new direct action protest groups, such as Extinction Rebellion, who have reframed the discourse around the "climate emergency" using apocalyptic language and imagery. Environmental Sociology also signposts exciting new directions for future research. The fourth edition re-interrogates the classical roots of environmental theory with a focus of the work of Alexander von Humboldt. Hannigan also asserts the need for environmental sociologists to turn their attention to "The Forgotten Ocean", arguing that the discipline should incorporate cutting-edge concepts such as marine justice, striated space and volumetrics. Environmental Sociology is a key text for students and researchers in environmental studies, political ecology, social geography and environmental sociology.

Author : Shanti Gamper-Rabindran
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780822983019

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The Shale Dilemma by Shanti Gamper-Rabindran Pdf

The US shale boom and efforts by other countries to exploit their shale resources could reshape energy and environmental landscapes across the world. But how might those landscapes change? Will countries with significant physical reserves try to exploit them? Will they protect or harm local communities and the global climate? Will the benefits be shared or retained by powerful interests? And how will these decisions be made? The Shale Dilemma brings together experts working at the forefront of shale gas issues on four continents to explain how countries reach their decisions on shale development. Using a common analytical framework, the authors identify both local factors and transnational patterns in the decision-making process. Eight case studies reveal the trade-offs each country makes as it decides whether to pursue, delay, or block development. Those outcomes in turn reflect the nature of a country's political process and the power of interest groups on both sides of the issue. The contributors also ask whether the economic arguments made by the shale industry and its government supporters have overshadowed the concerns of local communities for information on the effects of shale operations, and for tax policies and regulations to ensure broad-based economic development and environmental protection. As an informative and even-handed account, The Shale Dilemma recommends practical steps to help countries reach better, more transparent, and more far-sighted decisions.

Author : Michael Stephenson
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780128017623

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Shale Gas and Fracking by Michael Stephenson Pdf

Shale Gas and Fracking: The Science Behind the Controversy explains the relevant geological principles before examining the peer-reviewed evidence and presenting it through a simple and compelling illustrated narrative. Each chapter focuses on a particular controversy, such contamination of well water with gas from fracking, and follows a similar format: starting with the principles; then detailing peer-reviewed case studies for earthquakes, radioactivity, and climate change; and concluding with a judgment of the general risks involved. Shale Gas and Fracking: The Science Behind the Controversy provides readers with the unbiased information they need to make informed decisions on the controversial issue of fracking. Presents a clear and unbiased view of the pros and cons of fracking in Europe and the US, through a simple and compelling narrative from an informed publicly-funded scientist Includes full-colour diagrams, photographs, and maps to present information clearly and simply Focuses on peer-reviewed, documented examples, particularly of earthquakes and groundwater contamination due to fracking

Author : Robyn Bartel,Jennifer Carter
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781788977203

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Handbook on Space, Place and Law by Robyn Bartel,Jennifer Carter Pdf

This innovative Handbook provides an expansive interrogation of the spaces and places of law, exploring how we engage relationally in a material world, within which we are inter-dependent and reliant, and governed by laws in a dynamic process. It advances novel insights into the numerous intersections of space, place and law in our lives.

Author : Anna Szolucha
Publisher : Anna Szolucha
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9788269048315

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The Human Dimension of Shale Gas Developments in Lancashire, UK by Anna Szolucha Pdf

A thorough understanding of social and psychological factors as well as public understanding of risk is central to taking informed decisions about shale gas exploration and extraction in Lancashire and the UK. On the basis of existing evidence and the research conducted for this report, it is evident that the failure to consider these aspects of shale gas development significantly understates its actual and potential impacts, which may alter the planning balance in favour of development. From a social point of view, assessing shale gas exploration and extraction as a low-impact activity is unsupported by evidence. A social impact assessment should be fundamental in all political and local decision-making about shale gas development that prioritises public health and social well-being.

Author : John Whitton,Matthew Cotton,Ioan M. Charnley-Parry,Kathy Brasier
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317267560

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Governing Shale Gas by John Whitton,Matthew Cotton,Ioan M. Charnley-Parry,Kathy Brasier Pdf

Shale energy development is an issue of global importance. The number of reserves globally, and their potential economic return, have increased dramatically in the past decade. Questions abound, however, about the appropriate governance systems to manage the risks of unconventional oil and gas development and the ability for citizens to engage and participate in decisions regarding these systems. Stakeholder participation is essential for the social and political legitimacy of energy extraction and production, what the industry calls a 'social license' to operate. This book attempts to bring together critical themes inherent in the energy governance literature and illustrate them through cases in multiple countries, including the US, the UK, Canada, South Africa, Germany and Poland. These themes include how multiple actors and institutions – industry, governments and regulatory bodies at all scales, communities, opposition movements, and individual landowners – have roles in developing, contesting, monitoring, and enforcing practices and regulations within unconventional oil and gas development. Overall, the book proposes a systemic, participatory, community-led approach required to achieve a form of legitimacy that allows communities to derive social priorities by a process of community visioning. This book will be of great relevance to scholars and policy-makers with an interest in shale gas development, and energy policy and governance.

Author : Anna Szolucha
Publisher : Anna Szolucha
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9788396253408

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Shale Gas Developments in England by Anna Szolucha Pdf

This study documents and analyses the social impacts of fracking and natural gas developments across five locations in England. The primary data were derived from anthropological fieldwork, including interviews and observations, conducted over a period of four years, between 2016 and 2020. The objectives of this study were to: - document the lived experiences of those who lived, worked and protested in the vicinity of gas developments; - establish, analyse and compare the social impact of gas exploration projects across five different locations in England; - identify the affected and other relevant communities as well as any distributional inequalities across different groups of stakeholders; - explore the relationship between natural gas developments and social, psychological, health and political outcomes; - underscore the relevance of social impacts for determining any potential unconventional gas developments and political decision-making in the UK.

Author : Ivo Vegter
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781770223653

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Extreme Environment by Ivo Vegter Pdf

Extreme Environment promises to provoke fresh – and spirited – debate about the modern environmental movement and the many ways in which environmentalism, media, economics, public policy and the politics of liberty intersect. In order to reduce poverty and continue to raise living standards requires a sensible, balanced approach to a healthy, productive environment. No country, but especially not those in the developing world, can afford to be manipulated by the self-interested moralising and alarmism perpetrated by some special interest groups. Exaggeration by environmentalists, many journalists and even some scientists causes undue fear and anxiety among those who don’t already dismiss the green lobby for crying wolf. Worse, misinformation affects regulation and policymaking in ways that actively harm developing economies. Starting with well-researched work questioning the claims of opponents to shale-gas drilling, or ‘fracking’, Ivo Vegter argues that public opinion and policy ought to be informed by accurate data and reasoned argument. Using a wide range of examples, from nuclear accidents and oil spills to food additives and agricultural chemicals, he demonstrates why we should be as sceptical of the emotive rhetoric of environmentalists, which just as often turns out to be alarmist, or even false, as we are of corporate spin. Globally relevant, but offering a unique perspective from a developing country – South Africa – this book is a must-read for every thinking person who cares about the world we live in.

Author : Esther Turnhout,Willemijn Tuinstra,Willem Halffman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-21
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781107098749

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Environmental Expertise by Esther Turnhout,Willemijn Tuinstra,Willem Halffman Pdf

Provides an overview of the important role that environmental experts play at the science-policy interface, and the complex challenges they face.