Frackopoly: The Battle for the Future of Energy and the Environment

June 7, 2016

From the author of Foodopoly, a major new critique of fracking, including an anatomy of the industry and how we can stop its dangerous, widespread practices.

“The oil and gas barons threatening our democracy and life on the planet are facing a grassroots uprising that is changing the nation’s politics.” —from Frackopoly.
Over the past decade a new and controversial energy extraction method known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has rocketed to the forefront of U.S. energy production. With fracking, millions of gallons of water, dangerous chemicals, and sand are injected under high pressure deep into the earth, fracturing hard rock to release oil and gas.
 
Wenonah Hauter, one of the nation’s leading public interest advocates, argues that the rush to fracking is dangerous to the environment and treacherous to human health. Frackopoly describes how the fracking industry began; the technologies that make it possible; and the destruction and poisoning of clean water sources and the release of harmful radiation from deep inside shale deposits, creating what the author calls “sacrifice zones” across the American landscape.
 
The book also examines the powerful interests that have supported fracking, including leading environmental groups, and offers a thorough debunking of its supposed economic benefits. With a wealth of new data, Frackopoly is essential and riveting reading for anyone interested in protecting the environment and ensuring a healthy and sustainable future for all Americans.
 
Published May 2016.
 

Tags: Fracking, oil industry, Pollution

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