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Gender Justice in the Triple Planetary Crisis: A Scoping Review

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To identify and report how gender justice is conceptualised and discussed in contemporary health literature in relation to the Triple Planetary Crisis of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss, with a particular focus on the experiences of women and gender‐diverse populations, and the representation of nurses and other healthcare ...
Catelyn Richards   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shale fail: David Cameron has not gone 'all out' for fracking [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
First paragraph: David Cameron might have been forced into accepting several restrictions on fracking to avoid a Commons defeat, but one thing that has never appeared in doubt is the Conservative party leadership’s commitment to the practice. 
Cairney, Paul
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Impact of the Hydraulic Fracturing on Indoor Radon Concentrations in Ohio: A Multilevel Modeling Approach

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2019
According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), exposure to radon gas is the second leading cause of lung cancer after smoking. Extant research that has reported that fracking activity increases the radon levels.
Yanqing Xu, Mounika Sajja, Ashok Kumar
doaj   +1 more source

Carbon Populism and Representative Politics: On Why Fossil Fuel Firms Speaking for ‘The People’ Is a Bad Idea

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite growing recognition that countries around the world must transition to a low‐carbon economy, global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise. One way that decarbonization has been obstructed, we argue, is by fossil fuel firms intentionally conflating their agenda with ‘the people’, evoking notions of national identity, security and ...
Daniel Nyberg   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Legal Lacuna of Petroleum Hydraulic Fracking in Nigeria: Lessons from the United States and the United Kingdom

open access: yesMizan Law Review
The crude oil, gas and energy global setting is rapidly changing owing to the concern for global warming and the quest for alternative renewable and sustainable energy sources.
Kato Gogo Kingston
doaj   +1 more source

Efectos de la estimulación hidráulica (fracking) en el recurso hídrico: Implicaciones en el contexto colombiano

open access: yesCiencia e Ingeniería Neogranadina, 2018
La contribución de la extracción de gas lutita en la sostenibilidad energética ha sido evalua-da de manera independiente, sin tener en cuenta su relación con la seguridad hídrica ni sus impactos en las fuentes de agua.
Sharel Charry-Ocampo, Anibal J. Perez
doaj   +1 more source

Contaminación físico química en zonas de fracking

open access: yesRevista Politécnica, 2021
A pesar del consenso científico hacia la necesidad de limitar el calentamiento global, la urgencia por la provisión autónoma de recursos energéticos ha llevado a muchos Estados a autorizar proyectos que aplican técnicas no convencionales de extracción de
María Eugenia Guerrero-Useda
doaj   +1 more source

Cultural and Economic Grievances and the Political Salience of Secessionism

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Why does secessionism become politically salient at some times but recede at others? Existing work highlights how cultural and economic grievances can shape secessionism, but it explains less well when these claims elevate the salience of secessionism and why similar grievances matter in some contexts but not others.
Kevin Gatter
wiley   +1 more source

Hydraulic fracturing considerations: Insights from analogue models, and its viability in Colombia

open access: yesEarth Sciences Research Journal, 2019
Fracking is being considered around the world as a potential method in the hydrocarbons extraction given the increase of production in USA and Canada during the last years with its implementation.
Dilan Arturo Martínez-Sánchez   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

El fracking en Mendoza, una iniciativa al extremo de lo posible

open access: yesPerfiles Latinoamericanos, 2021
Desde 2017, el gobierno de Mendoza impulsa la explotación de hidrocarburos no convencionales mediante la técnica de fractura hidráulica (fracking), al centro-oeste de Argentina.
Mariano J. Salomone
doaj   +1 more source

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