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Fracking Uncertainty : Hydraulic Fracturing and the Provincial Politics of Risk.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Millar, Heather.
- Series:
- Studies in comparative political economy and public policy ; 62.
- Studies in comparative political economy and public policy ; 62
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hydraulic fracturing.
- Environmental policy--Canada.
- Environmental policy.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (301 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- "Hydraulic fracturing--fracking--is an unconventional extraction technique used in the oil and gas industry that has fundamentally transformed global energy politics. In Fracking Uncertainty, Heather Millar explains variation in Canadian provincial policy approaches, which range from pro-development regulation to moratoria and outright bans. Millar argues that although regulatory designs are shaped by governments' desires to seek out economic benefits or protect against environmental harms, policy makers' perceptions of said benefits and/or harms are mediated through socially constructed narratives about uncertainty and risk. Fracking Uncertainty offers in-depth case studies of regulatory development in British Columbia, Alberta, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. Drawing on media analysis and interviews with government officials, industry representatives, academics, and environmental advocates, Millar demonstrates how risk narratives foster distinctive forms of learning in each province, leading to different regulatory reforms."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Fracking and the Politics of Risk
- Fracking Uncertainty
- Analysing Uncertainty
- Limiting Uncertainty in British Columbia
- Monitoring Uncertainty in Alberta
- Managing Uncertainty in New Brunswick
- Contesting Uncertainty in Nova Scotia
- Regulating Uncertainty.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 9781487552718
- 1487552718
- 9781487552701
- 148755270X
- OCLC:
- 1434036390
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