Not a ‘Petro Metro’: challenging fossil fuel expansion

Environmental Sociology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 337-347

  Sicotte, Diane M ^a   Joyce, Kelly A ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate justice; energy transition; Environmental justice; natural gas; pipelines

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050749351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23251042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23251042.2017.1344919     Document Type: Article

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