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Author:

Bamberger, Michelle.

Title:

The real cost of fracking : how America's shale-gas boom is threatening our families, pets, and food / Michelle Bamberger and Robert Oswald ; foreword by Sandra Steingraber.

Publisher:

Beacon Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xiii, 230 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Hydraulic fracturing--Environmental aspects--United States.
Shale gas industry--Environmental aspects--United States.
Gas well drilling--Environmental aspects--United States.
Pets--Effect of stress on.

Other Authors:

Oswald, Robert, 1953-
Steingraber, Sandra.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-216) and index.

Contents:

Families and their pets -- Sarah and Josie : violated families -- Samantha and Jesse : shattered dreams -- Ann and Andrew : reluctant refugees -- Fracking, farming, and our food supply -- Mary and Charlie : quarantined cattle -- Sharon and Wade : disrespect of farmers and farming -- Environmental justice -- Claire and Jason : forsaken community -- Epilogue : where do we go from here? -- Appendix : a primer on gas drilling.

ISBN:

080708493X (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780807084939 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)863198371

LCCN:

2014000487

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PYAX423 -- ECC - Osgood Library (Iowa Falls)

OPAX566 -- Southeastern Community College - Keokuk - Fred Karre Memorial Library (Keokuk) — 363.1791 B199r

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)