Home rule and natural gas development in New York: Civil fracking rights

Journal of Political Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 258-278

  Simonelli, Jeanne ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracking; Home rule; New York; Social movements; Zapatistas

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; NATURAL GAS; PERCEPTION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908256971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10730451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2458/v21i1.21136     Document Type: Article

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