LEADER 04907nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910790296503321 005 20230801223005.0 010 $a0-8014-6429-3 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801464294 035 $a(CKB)2670000000183936 035 $a(OCoLC)791643006 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10551821 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000648022 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11380951 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000648022 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10597280 035 $a(PQKB)11305858 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138314 035 $a(DE-B1597)481690 035 $a(OCoLC)1013964244 035 $a(OCoLC)987934741 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801464294 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138314 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10551821 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL681844 035 $a(OCoLC)922998203 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000183936 100 $a20111114d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aUnder the surface$b[electronic resource] $efracking, fortunes and the fate of the Marcellus Shale /$fTom Wilber 210 $aIthaca $cCornell University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (272 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-322-50562-4 311 $a0-8014-5016-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tAn Agent of Dreams --$tComing Together --$tGas Rush --$tFigures, Facts, and Information --$tAccidental Activists --$tThe Division --$tSuperior Forces --$tEpilogue --$tNote to Readers --$tList of Figures and Maps. 330 $aRunning from southern West Virginia through eastern Ohio, across central and northeast Pennsylvania, and into New York through the Southern Tier and the Catskills, the Marcellus Shale formation underlies a sparsely populated region that features striking landscapes, critical watersheds, and a struggling economic base. It also contains one of the world's largest supplies of natural gas, a resource that has been dismissed as inaccessible-until recently. Technological developments that combine horizontal drilling with hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") have removed physical and economic barriers to extracting hundreds of trillions of cubic feet of gas from bedrock deep below the Appalachian basin. Beginning in 2006, the first successful Marcellus gas wells by Range Resources, combined with a spike in the value of natural gas, spurred a modern-day gold rush-a "gas rush"-with profound ramifications for environmental policy, energy markets, political dynamics, and the lives of the people living in the Marcellus region. Under the Surface is the first book-length journalistic overview of shale gas development and the controversies surrounding it.Control over drilling rights is at stake in the heart of Marcellus country-northeast Pennsylvania and central New York. The decisions by landowners to work with or against the companies-and the resulting environmental and economic consequences-are scrutinized by neighbors faced with similar decisions, by residents of cities whose water supply originates in the exploration area, and by those living across state lines with differing attitudes and policies concerning extraction industries. Wilber's evenhanded treatment gives a voice to all constituencies, including farmers and landowners tempted by the prospects of wealth but wary of the consequences, policymakers struggling with divisive issues, and activists coordinating campaigns based on their respective visions of economic salvation and environmental ruin. Wilber describes a landscape in which the battle over the Marcellus ranges from the very local-yard signs proclaiming landowners' allegiances for or against shale gas development-to often conflicting municipal, state, and federal legislation intended to accelerate, delay, or discourage exploration.For millions of people with a direct stake in shale gas exploration in the Marcellus or any number of other emerging shale resources in the United States and worldwide, or for those concerned about the global energy outlook, Under the Surface offers a worthwhile and engaging look at the issues. 606 $aHydraulic fracturing$zNew York (State) 606 $aHydraulic fracturing$zPennsylvania 606 $aShale gas industry$zNew York (State) 606 $aShale gas industry$zPennsylvania 607 $aMarcellus Shale 615 0$aHydraulic fracturing 615 0$aHydraulic fracturing 615 0$aShale gas industry 615 0$aShale gas industry 676 $a333.8/23309747 700 $aWilber$b Tom$f1958-$01514655 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790296503321 996 $aUnder the surface$93749965 997 $aUNINA