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Energy from oil and gas / by Bailey, Donna.(CARDINAL)771065;
Discusses how deposits of oil and natural gas are formed, discovered, extracted, and used.
Subjects: Gas; Natural gas; Petroleum;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Hydrofracking / by Prud'homme, Alex.(CARDINAL)349029;
Includes bibliographical references and index."There may be no more decisive environmental issue in America today than hydrofracking, or 'fracking' as it is commonly called, referring to the use of highly pressurized water and chemicals to extract gas trapped in subterranean shale formations. Opponents decry its pollution of water, ground, and air, and lament the lack of oversight in the industry....
Subjects: Gas wells; Hydraulic fracturing; Oil wells; Shale gas reservoirs;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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How harmful are fossil fuels? / by Chambers, Catherine,1954-(CARDINAL)645214;
Includes bibliographical references and index.What are fossil fuels? -- What's the harm in extracting coal? -- Is oil extraction really harmful? -- What's the harm in extracting gas? -- How harmful is burning coal today? -- Does burning oil harm the planet? -- Is natural gas a "clean" form of energy? -- What can we use instead of fossil fuels? -- So how harmful are fossil fuels? -- Quiz -- Glossary -- Find out more -- Index.1090LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Fossil fuels;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Oil and gas / by Morris, Neil.(CARDINAL)704202;
This book shows how oil and gas are extracted and used in modern times and explains why we need to plan for the future as these resources begin to run out.4-8Accelerated Reader ARAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Natural gas; Petroleum;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Gasland [videorecording] / by Adlesic, Trish.pro; Fox, Josh,1972-prodrtausnrt; Gandour, Molly.pro; Sanchez, Matthew.flm; Docurama (Firm)(CARDINAL)215269; HBO Documentary Films.(CARDINAL)348529; International WOW Company.; New Video Group.(CARDINAL)219113;
Bonus scenes: Arkansas section -- Dr. Al Armendariz -- The air over Fort Worth continued -- Weston Wilson extended interview -- Tour of hell -- Theo Colborn extended interview -- Texas compressor stations -- Texas Sharon -- Wilma Subra extended interview.Editor, Matthew Sanchez ; camera, Josh Fox.Narrator, Josh Fox.Filmmaker Josh Fox travels the United States along the Marcellus Shale formation to uncover the negative environmental and health effects of fracture drilling as a means of extracting natural gas.MPAA rating: Not rated.DVD; NTSC; widescreen presentaton; Dolby Digital stereo.Environmental Media Association, best documentary; Sundance Film Festival, special jury prize for documentary; Lennon Ono Grant for Peace; Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, 2010, artistic vision award.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Environmental films.; Feature films.; Halliburton Company; DVDs.; Gas industry; Gas; Groundwater; Groundwater; Groundwater; Groundwater; Groundwater; Hydraulic fracturing; Natural gas reserves; Natural gas; Natural gas; Natural gas; Natural gas; Natural gas; Natural gas; Oil and gas leases; Water-supply;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 10
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Deep extraction [large print] / by Mills, DiAnn,author.(CARDINAL)536587;
A pacemaker should have saved oil and gas magnate Nathan Moore's life. Instead, it provided his killer with a seemingly perfect means of execution. A bombing at one of Nathan's oil rigs days earlier indicates his death could be part of a bigger conspiracy, a web Special Agent Tori Templeton must untangle. But her first order of business is separating the personal from the professional--the victim's wife, her best friend, is one of the FBI's prime suspects.
Subjects: Large print books.; Christian fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; Government investigators; Bombings;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 11
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Natural gas / by Fredericks, Carrie.(CARDINAL)480413;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 114-117) and index.Discusses advantages and disadvantages of using natural as an energy supplier.
Subjects: Young adult literature.; Young adult literature.; Natural gas.; Gas as fuel.; Gas.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The human and environmental impact of fracking : how fracturing shale for gas affects us and our world / by Finkel, Madelon Lubin,1949-editor.(CARDINAL)158364;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Oil and gas account for a large percentage of the world's energy consumption, and the search for new ways to extract both from the earth is a global quest. Fracking is viewed as an energy game-changer but is a controversial topic about which there is much misunderstanding. This unbiased work was written to bring clarity to the issues. Under the guidance of an internationally recognized public health expert, this book provides a comprehensive look at unconventional natural gas development from many different perspectives.--BOOK FLAP.
Subjects: Hydraulic fracturing; Hydraulic fracturing;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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1987 census of manufactures and census of mineral industries. by United States.Bureau of the Census.(CARDINAL)171405;
Metal mining -- Bituminous coal and lignite mining -- Oil and gas extraction -- Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels -- Food and kindred products -- Tobacco products -- Textile mill products -- Apparel and other textile products -- Lumber and wood products -- Furniture and fixtures -- Paper and allied products -- Printing and publishing -- Chemicals and allied products -- Petroleum and coal products -- Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products -- Leather and leather products -- Stone, clay, and glass products -- Primary metal industries -- Fabricated metal products -- Industrial machinery and equipment -- Electronic and other electric equipment -- Transportation equipment -- Instruments and related products -- Miscellaneous manufacturing industries -- Appendixes: Comparability of product classes. Comparability of product codes. Product description in current industrial reports that relate to tielines in the 1987 census of manufactures. Contract receipts and receipts for selected nonmanufacturing and mining activities. Products and miscellaneous activities for selected nonmining activities.
Subjects: Manufacturing industries; Mineral industries; Manufacturing industries; Mineral industries;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
On-line resources: Suggest title for digitization;
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Gasland. [videorecording] / by Fox, Josh,1972-filmmaker.; Docurama (Firm),film distributor.(CARDINAL)215269; Home Box Office (Firm),production company.(CARDINAL)165002;
[Main feature] -- Bonus. Extended Australia sequence -- Extended South Africa sequence -- Extended Gee Family Tioga Co, PA -- Extended congressional interviews.In this follow-up to his Oscar-nominated film Gasland, filmmaker Josh Fox uses his trademark dark humor to take a deeper, broader look at the dangers of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the controversial method of extracting natural gas and oil, now occurring on a global level (in 32 countries worldwide).DVD, widescreen.Best Documentary: Environmental Media Association; Tribeca Film Festival: Official Selection.
Subjects: Documentary films.; DVDs for the hearing impaired.; Nonfiction films.; Closed captioning.; Gas industry; Hydraulic fracturing; Natural gas reserves; Oil and gas leases;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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