Essays about: "fracking"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the word fracking.

  1. 1. A socio-technical review of Natural Gas: Resources, environmental and political aspects

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för byggnadsteknik, energisystem och miljövetenskap

    Author : Ravi Teja Gorugantu; Sridhar Babu Sanjeevi Rao; [2023]
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    Abstract : This report gives a general overview of the natural gas resources in the world, along with its importance as a source of producing energy, and technical uses. It also draws attention to the political issues raised by natural gas exploitation and the steps being taken to address them. READ MORE

  3. 2. Community voices against neo-extractivist projects. An analysis of the discourses surrounding fracking in La Huasteca Potosina, Mexico

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Paulina Solis Patino; [2021]
    Keywords : Neo-extractivism; fracking; ecological distribution conflicts; social resistance; discourses; indigenous territories; decoloniality; Mexico; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In 2013, the previous Mexican federal government passed a constitutional reform of the energy sector that set the grounds for the use of fracking at a national scale. Less than two years later, a strategic policy document was published, mapping a whole set of areas whose deposits require the use of fracking to be exploited. READ MORE

  4. 3. Fractured Earth: International State Responsibility and Climate Injustice in the Context of Fracking

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Sonja Román; [2021]
    Keywords : International State Responsibility; International Human Rights Law; International Environmental Law; climate change; fracking; Hydraulic fracturing; Paris Agreement; Third World Approaches to International Law; TWAIL; legal subjectivity; Argentina; Vaca Muerta; natural gas; fossil gas; bridge fuels; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Medans världens fossila bränslereserver sinar har utvinningen av fossilgas genom hydraulisk spräckning, allmänt känt som fracking, vunnit mark internationellt. Parallellt med detta uppenbarar sig klimatförändringarnas katastrofala effekter och tiden är knapp för att ställa om global energiproduktion innan medeltemperaturen når så kallade ”tipping points”. READ MORE

  5. 4. ‘All out for shale’ : the mental health impacts of the government’s fracking policy: evidence from Lancashire, England

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Ryan Waugh; [2020]
    Keywords : Shale gas developments; Fracking; Mental Health; United Kingdom; Sustainability Science; Environmental Justice; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Shale gas extraction commonly known as fracking had support from the UK government with their ‘all out for shale’ policy. Despite this industry has struggled to establish itself mainly due to strong opposition from communities concerned about environmental and health impacts. READ MORE

  6. 5. Impacts of subglacial processes on underlying bedrock

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Oscar Juliusson; [2019]
    Keywords : subglacial processes; liquefaction; hydrofracturing; bedrock; fracking; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Historically, the field of glacial geology has put much focus on the processes within the subglacial environment, their effects on unconsolidated sediments and the landforms they produce. Subsequently, the impact of subglacial processes is fairly well documented and understood regarding unconsolidated sediments. READ MORE