Oil Shale: Looming Threat to Western Wildlands

By George Wuerthner, originally published by Post Carbon Institute/Foundation for Deep Ecology

November 20, 2013

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This essay comes from the book ENERGY: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth Published by the Foundation for Deep Ecology in collaboration with Watershed Media and Post Carbon Institute.

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George Wuerthner

George Wuerthner is the Ecological Projects Director for the Foundation for Deep Ecology and has published 35 books related to wilderness, conservation, and environmental issues.

Tags: carbon emissions, energy-reality, Fossil Fuels, Oil, oil shale, Pollution

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