Wrong side of the tracks: The neglected human costs of transporting oil and gas

Health and Human Rights

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 82-92

  Burton, Lloyd ^a   Stretesky, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; COST ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FOSSIL FUEL; GAS PRODUCTION; HEALTH AND SAFETY; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN RIGHTS; OIL PRODUCTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

FUEL OIL; NATURAL GAS; PETROLEUM;

DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISASTER; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISASTERS; FUEL OILS; GLOBAL HEALTH; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; NATURAL GAS; PETROLEUM; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84911481757     PISSN: 10790969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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