An essential review of the history, benefits, limitations, failures, and politics of pipelines, with a core focus on potential harms to environmental and human health. * Clearly presents the benefits, limitations, and dangers of transporting crude oil and natural gas by pipeline * Simply explains pipeline dangers to human health and the environment posed by spills, leaks, and explosions * Presents a history of pipelines to enable readers to put current debates in perspective * Addresses how pipeline politics are leading to the construction of more pipelines
- | Author: Madelon Lubin Finkel
- | Publisher: Praeger
- | Publication Date: Sep 14, 2018
- | Number of Pages: 248 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover/HEALTH & FITNESS
- | ISBN-10: 1440861854
- | ISBN-13: 9781440861857