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Up to Heaven and Down to Hell: Fracking, Freedom, and Community in an American Town

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By (author): Colin Jerolmack

A riveting portrait of a rural Pennsylvania town at the center of the fracking controversy

Shale gas extractioncommonly known as frackingis often portrayed as an energy revolution that will transform the American economy and geopolitics. But in greater Williamsport, Pennsylvania, fracking is personal. Up to Heaven and Down to Hell is a vivid and sometimes heartbreaking account of what happens when one of the most momentous decisions about the well-being of our communities and our planetwhether or not to extract shale gas and oil from the very land beneath our feetis largely a private choice that millions of ordinary people make without the public's consent.

The United States is the only country in the world where property rights commonly extend up to heaven and down to hell, which means that landowners have the exclusive right to lease their subsurface mineral estates to petroleum companies. Colin Jerolmack spent eight months living with rural communities outside of Williamsport as they confronted the tension between property rights and the commonwealth. In this deeply intimate book, he reveals how the decision to lease brings financial rewards but can also cause irreparable harm to neighbors, to communal resources like air and water, and even to oneself.

Up to Heaven and Down to Hell casts Americas ideas about freedom and property rights in a troubling new light, revealing how your personal choices can undermine your neighbors liberty, and how the exercise of individual rights can bring unintended environmental consequences for us all.

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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 155 x 235mm
  • Publication Date: 20 Apr 2021
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780691179032

About Colin Jerolmack

Colin Jerolmack is professor of sociology and environmental studies at New York University and the author of The Global Pigeon. He lives in New York City. Twitter @jerolmack

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