The Right to Know? State Politics of Fracking Disclosure

Review of Policy Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 345-365

  Fisk, Jonathan M ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Energy; Environment; Governance; Natural gas; Policy; Pollution; Risk; States

Indexed keywords

GAS INDUSTRY; GAS PRODUCTION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; NATURAL GAS; RISK PERCEPTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879743328     PISSN: 1541132X     EISSN: 15411338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ropr.12025     Document Type: Article

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