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000741113 1001_ $$aBriggle, Adam,$$eauthor.
000741113 24512 $$aA field philosopher's guide to fracking :$$bhow one Texas town stood up to big oil and gas /$$cAdam Briggle.
000741113 24630 $$aHow one Texas town stood up to big oil and gas
000741113 250__ $$aFirst edition.
000741113 264_1 $$aNew York, NY :$$bLiveright Publishing Corporation,$$c[2015]
000741113 300__ $$ax, 336 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$$billustrations, maps ;$$c25 cm
000741113 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent
000741113 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia
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000741113 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 289-323) and index.
000741113 5050_ $$aIntroduction: Let a thousand gas wells bloom -- Thales falls into a gas well -- Guinea pigs of the shale -- See no evil -- Responsible drilling.
000741113 520__ $$aWhen philosophy professor Adam Briggle moved to Denton, Texas, he had never heard of fracking. Only five years later he would successfully lead a citizens' initiative to ban hydraulic fracturing in Denton -- the first Texas town to challenge the oil and gas industry. On his journey to learn about fracking and its effects, he leaped from the ivory tower into the fray. Briggle brings us to town hall debates and neighborhood meetings where citizens wrestle with issues few fully understand. Is fracking safe? How does it affect the local economy? Why are bakeries prohibited in neighborhoods while gas wells are permitted next to playgrounds? In his quest for answers Briggle meets people like Cathy McMullen. Her neighbors' cows asphyxiated after drinking fracking fluids, and her orchard was razed to make way for a pipeline. Cathy did not consent to drilling, but those who profited lived far out of harm's way. Briggle's first instinct was to think about fracking -- deeply. Drawing on philosophers from Socrates to Kant, but also on conversations with engineers, legislators, and industry representatives, he develops a simple theory to evaluate fracking: we should give those at risk to harm a stake in the decisions we make, and we should monitor for and correct any problems that arise. Finding this regulatory process short-circuited, with government and industry alike turning a blind eye to symptoms like earthquakes and nosebleeds, Briggle decides to take action. Though our field philosopher is initially out of his element -- joining fierce activists like "Texas Sharon," once called the "worst enemy" of the oil and gas industry -- his story culminates in an underdog victory for Denton, now nationally recognized as a beacon for citizens' rights at the epicenter of the fracking revolution.
000741113 650_0 $$aHydraulic fracturing$$xPolitical aspects$$zTexas.
000741113 650_0 $$aHydraulic fracturing$$xSocial aspects$$zTexas.
000741113 650_0 $$aGas wells$$xHydraulic fracturing$$xPolitical aspects$$zTexas.
000741113 650_0 $$aOil wells$$xHydraulic fracturing$$xPolitical aspects$$zTexas.
000741113 650_0 $$aReferendum$$zTexas$$zDenton.
000741113 650_0 $$aPetroleum industry and trade$$zTexas$$zDenton.
000741113 651_0 $$aDenton (Tex.)
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