benefits, and the climate change benefits of shale gas as a “bridging fuel” appear to be fairly common across these contexts, the latter is less prominent in the US ( Bomberg 2017a ). Similarly, framing hydraulic fracturing as a low-risk activity that is
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Lessons from the Framing Contest over UK Shale Development
Impotence and Austerity in Environmental Politics
Laurence Williams
In Nature and Culture
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- 01 Mar 2023
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- 42–64 (23 total)
The Ordering of Green Values
Ecological Justification in Public Fracking Controversies in Germany and Poland
Claudia Foltyn, Reiner Keller, and Matthias S. Klaes
Modes of Justification in Public Fracking Controversies Beginning in the first decade of the twenty-first century, using hydraulic fracturing techniques to extract shale gas raised strong concerns and disputes about environmental risks
In Nature and Culture
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- 01 Mar 2023
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- 88–125 (38 total)
Introduction: What is Fracking a Case of?
Theoretical Lessons from European Case Studies
Roberto Cantoni, Claudia Foltyn, Reiner Keller, and Matthias S. Klaes
When we started to plan this special issue, shale gas extraction and hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) as a technology and its related social conflicts seemed to be—except in very few countries, such as the United States—an environmental issue in
The Regime of Invisibility in Closed Spaces of Debate
How and Why Shale Gas Was Perceived as a Non-Problem for Almost a Year in France
Sébastien Chailleux and Philippe Zittoun
been unaware of the actual implications of what he was signing, and he regretted a hasty and uninformed decision. In late December 2010, the first reactions began and swift mobilization was initiated, leading to a ban on hydraulic fracturing in July
In Nature and Culture
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- 01 Mar 2023
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- 20–41 (22 total)
“We Do Not Exist”
Illness, Invisibility, and Empowerment of Communities Struck by the Fracking Boom
Kristen M. Schorpp
approaches to investigate the emergence of fracking—or hydraulic fracturing—in the US, both authors shed light on the exploitation of American communities by natural gas and oil companies, which amount to devastating and widespread health problems. While
In Nature and Culture
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- 01 Dec 2018
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- Review Article
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- 403–410 (8 total)
Stephen J. Silvia
eastern region including parts of Brandenburg, Saxony, and Saxony-Anhalt. Finding alternatives to nuclear power and lignite is a major challenge for German policy-makers. In 2017, the Germany government enacted a permanent ban on hydraulic fracturing (a
In German Politics and Society
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- 01 Dec 2019
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- Research Article
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- 74–94 (21 total)
Fracking and Democracy in the United Kingdom
The Dark Side of Egalitarianism
Anna Szolucha
earthquakes in her area near Blackpool in Lancashire ( Green et al. 2012 ). Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a controversial method of gas exploration and extraction: large volumes of water mixed with sand and chemicals are pumped underground under high
Rethinking Adaptation
Emotions, Evolution, and Climate Change
Debra J. Davidson
unfamiliar practices. On the other hand, certain emotionally disruptive personal experiences, such as exposure to the impacts of industrial activities like hydraulic fracturing, can lead to significant levels of reflexivity, even in cultural contexts that are
In Nature and Culture
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- 01 Dec 2018
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- 378–402 (25 total)
Damaging Environments
Land, Settler Colonialism, and Security for Indigenous Peoples
Wilfrid Greaves
); Indigenous-led protests and blockades across Canada against bitumen sands, pipelines, and hydraulically fractured natural gas ( Bowles and Veltmeyer 2014 ; Greaves 2013 ; Howe 2015 ; Le Billon and Carter 2012 ; Preston 2013 ); Sámi-led protests against
In Environment and Society
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- 01 Sep 2018
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- Research Article
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- 107–124 (18 total)
Shubhi Sharma, Rachel Golden Kroner, Daniel Rinn, Camden Burd, Gregorio Ortiz, John Burton, Angus Lyall, Pierre du Plessis, Allison Koch, Yvan Schulz, Emily McKee, Michael Berman, and Peter C. Little
-economic network in the state. It quickly becomes apparent which historical events, political institutions, and technological advances embed Texas in its fossil fuel economy and culture. Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, are the most
In Environment and Society
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- 01 Sep 2017
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- Research Article
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- 202–225 (24 total)