The term “fracking” simultaneously conjures up images of extractive technologies, community tensions, and stories of … overnight wealth and environmental nightmares. The introduction and rapid expansion of hydraulic fracturing technology to … drilling for natural gas and other hydrocarbons. This special issue of the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences …

that as hydraulic fracturing for natural gas spreads across the USA, neoliberal ideologies normalize fracking’s potential … dangers, including impacts to water and more general environmental quality. Theoretical observations like these must be tested … rationality when assessing hydrofracking’s community, environmental, and economic outcomes. This paper explores why this matters …

prospect. However, its environmental impacts are currently unknown. This is the focus of this paper which estimates for the …

of environmental, economic, and social impacts of natural gas development in the Marcellus Shale, as reported by major … quality were by far the most prevalent environmental representation in each newspaper. Economic representations focused on …

Claims that air pollution will increase are not only false, but the exact opposite of what will actually happen. …

The environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis is revisited using 1987-1995 data for Chinese provinces. …

countries. It also compares and contrasts equilibrium environmental standards and levels of pollution, local and global, with …This paper examines the strategic nature of choice of environmental standards under different degrees of openness of … the world optimum levels. It shows that, in case of open economies, environmental standards can be strategic substitutes …

Our path of economic development has generated a growing list of environmental problems including the disposal of … these environmental problems raise the crucial challenge of determining what we should and should not do for future …