Substate federalism and fracking policies: Does state regulatory authority trump local land use autonomy?

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 8397-8403

  Davis, Charles ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ENERGY RESOURCES; LAND USE; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PUBLIC POLICY;

ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; POLICY DECISIONS; PUBLIC OFFICIALS; REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS; STATE OFFICIALS; STATE REGULATORS; STATE REGULATORY AUTHORITIES;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LAND USE; SUBURBAN POPULATION; UNITED STATES; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MANAGEMENT; MINING; POLICY;

NATURAL GAS;

COLORADO; DECISION MAKING; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NATURAL GAS; PENNSYLVANIA; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC POLICY; STATE GOVERNMENT; TEXAS;

EID: 84905643825     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es405095y     Document Type: Article

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