The politics of fracking: regulatory policy and local community responses to environmental concerns
In: Routledge research in public administration and public policy 19
The method of inquiry -- Fracking for oil and natural gas in Texas and its impacts on the economy -- Environmental federalism and federal regulations on fracking -- Factors affecting states' decision to frack and State of Texas' regulations on fracking -- Fracking and its impacts on the environment -- Case studies on communities oppositions to fracking -- Oil and gas industry' responses to communities oppositions -- In retrospect implications of fracking regulations and communities oppositions