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Beekeepers United States Biography Climatic changes Environmental aspects Environmentalism United States Environmentalists United States Biography Hydraulic fracturing United States McKibben, Bill Petroleum industry and trade Environmental aspects Petroleum industry and trade Political aspects United States Petroleum industry and trade United StatesMcKibben, Bill.
Summary: "Bill McKibben is not a person you'd expect to find handcuffed in the city jail in Washington, D.C. But that's where he spent three days in the summer of 2011, after leading the largest civil disobedience in thirty years to protest the Keystone XL pipeline. A few months later the protesters would see their efforts rewarded when President Obama agreed to put the project on hold. And yet McKibben...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Summary: The technology of fracking in shale rock -- particularly in the Permian Basin in Texas -- has transformed America into the world's top producer of both oil and natural gas. The U.S. is expected to be "energy independent" and a "net exporter" in less than a decade, a move that will upend global politics, destabilize Saudi Arabia, crush Russia's chokehold over Europe, and finally bolster American...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Global Reports 2018