Slick Water: Fracking and One Insider's Stand against the World's Most Powerful Industry (David Suzuki Institute)
by Nikiforuk, Andrew
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1771640766
- ISBN 13
- 9781771640763
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Vancouver BC: Greystone Books. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2015. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1771640766 . Signed by Author; Light edgewear to dustjacket ; Inscribed by author on title page, bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages; "The fossil fuel industry and many environmental groups tout hydraulic fracturing, "fracking, as a panacea, with slick promises of energy independence, greenhouse gas reductions, and benefits to local economies. Yet the controversial technology, which blasts massive volumes of fluids, sand, and chemicals into rock and coal formations, has sparked huge public protests. Slick Water tells the shocking, inspiring story of one womans stand to hold government and industry accountable for the damage fracking leaves in its wake." .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21758
- Title
- Slick Water: Fracking and One Insider's Stand against the World's Most Powerful Industry (David Suzuki Institute)
- Author
- Nikiforuk, Andrew
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1771640766
- ISBN 13
- 9781771640763
- Publisher
- Greystone Books
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver BC
- Date Published
- 2015
- Keywords
- 1771640766, fracking, Oil Industry
- Bookseller catalogs
- SCIENCE;
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