US presidential candidates’ views on unconventional gas and oil: Who has it right?

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 20, Issue , 2016, Pages 128-130

  Evensen, Darrick ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bridge fuel; Hydraulic fracturing; Natural gas; Shale gas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991706363     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2016.06.018     Document Type: Article

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