Managing the risks of hydraulic fracturing / by Kenneth P. Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Kenneth P., author.

Contributor:

Fraser Institute (Vancouver, B.C.), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hydraulic fracturing--Canada.

Hydraulic fracturing.

Hydraulic fracturing--Environmental aspects--Canada.

Oil-shale industry--Environmental aspects--Canada.

Oil-shale industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iii, 34 pages).

Distribution:

Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, 2015.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver, British Columbia : Fraser Institute, [2014]

Summary:

This study will examine the economic potential offered by the development of Canada's unconventional energy resources via hydraulic fracturing, and will examine some of the claims made against such technology involving air pollution, water pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, seismic instability, and exposure to chemicals used in the process of hydraulic fracturing. This is by no means a comprehensive list, others have proposed a diverse raft of risks, some concrete such as ecosystem fragmentation, but many that relate to subjective issues of social welfare, social justice, generational equity and so forth.

Contents:

Executive summary

Introduction: The policy challenge

The controversy over hydraulic fracturing

The rationale for and benefits of hydraulic fracturing

The major risks of hydraulic fracturing

Managing the risks of hydraulic fracturing

Conclusion

References.

Notes:

"December 2014."

Issued as part of the Canadian Electronic Library, Documents collection, and Canadian public policy collection.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 26-29).

OCLC:

905229639