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Estimating the Creation and Removal Date of Fracking Ponds Using Trend Analysis of Landsat Imagery
, 2018 Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a process of introducing liquid at high pressure to create fractures in shale rock formations, thus releasing natural gas.
Amos, John +2 more
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How Patterns of Democracy Impact Policy Processes: When Lijphart and Sabatier Meet
European Policy Analysis, Volume 11, Issue 2, Page 254-270, Spring 2025.ABSTRACT Policy process theories and institutional theories are two foundational strands in political science, both concerned with how people engage in politics. However, they differ in their focus, with policy process theories emphasizing the roles of actors, while institutional theories concentrate on the structures in which these actors are embedded.
Karin Ingold +4 more
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Scientific Reports, 2017 This paper presents a timely and detailed study of significant injection-induced seismicity recently observed in the Sichuan Basin, China, where shale-gas hydraulic fracturing has been initiated and the aggressive production of shale gas is planned for ...
Xinglin Lei +7 more
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Examining the advocacy coalition framework for insight into shale gas development in US and UK political systems [PDF]
, 2014 Master's Project (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2014The project considers the Advocacy Coalition Framework from the discipline of policymaking which is used to examine contentious and politically complex policy issues, particularly in energy and ...
Wolfley, Kathryn
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Public Perceptions of High-Volume Hydraulic Fracking and Deep Shale Gas Development [PDF]
, 2013 This document is one of the seven technical reports completed for the Hydraulic Fracturing in Michigan Integrated Assessment conducted by the University of Michigan. During the initial phase of the project, seven faculty-led and student-staffed teams focused on the following topics: Technology, Geology/Hydrogeology, Environment/Ecology, Human Health ...
Wolske, Kim, Hoffman, Andrew
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Risk Analysis, Volume 45, Issue 5, Page 1152-1166, May 2025.Abstract Many believe that enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) can greatly increase the extraction of geothermal energy worldwide, helping to decarbonize heat and electricity production. Effective communication is key to realizing the potential of EGS, yet we currently know little about how the public perceives this emerging technology.
Julia Cousse +4 more
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FRACKING AND HISTORICIZING: On Deepened Time in West Texas
Cultural Anthropology, Volume 40, Issue 2, Page 354-382, May 2025.ABSTRACT This article draws on ethnographic research in the oil fields of West Texas to reflect on the imperial‐modern compulsion to historicize—to explicate more and more of the world in terms of contingent, indeterminate historical process. A century ago, petroleum drilling turned West Texas into a vast extractive zone and simultaneously historicized
CAMERON HU
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Shale Play: Poems and Photographs from the Fracking Fields by Julia Spicher Kasdorf and Steven Rubin [PDF]
, 2019 Review of Julia Spicher Kasdorf and Steven Rubin\u27s Shale Play: Poems and Photographs from the Fracking ...
Shepherd, Kelly
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Extreme energy, ‘fracking’ and human rights: a new field for human rights impact assessments? [PDF]
, 2015 This article explores the potential human rights impacts of the ‘extreme energy’ process, specifically focussing on the production of shale gas, coal-bed methane (CBM) and ‘tight oil’, known colloquially as ‘fracking’.
Elliott, Jessica +4 more
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Benefits of hydraulic fracking
, 2016 If an average American heard the word ‘fracking’ ten years ago, chances are he or she would have worried about the manners of the speaker. Today, however, opinions about fracking are solidifying, and battle lines are being drawn, even if understanding remains sketchy.
Hassett, K, Mathur, A
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