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Gaslight The Atlantic Coast Pipeline and Fight for America's Energy Future 5/24
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- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Pages
- 352
- Publication Date
- 2024-05-09
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- ISBN
- 9781642832488
- Book Title
- Gaslight : the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Fight for America's Energy Future
- Publisher
- Island Press
- Item Length
- 9.1 in
- Publication Year
- 2024
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.3 in
- Genre
- Nature, Political Science
- Topic
- Public Policy / Energy Policy, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Public Policy / Environmental Policy
- Item Weight
- 22.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Island Press
ISBN-10
1642832480
ISBN-13
9781642832488
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3064057413
Product Key Features
Book Title
Gaslight : the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Fight for America's Energy Future
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Public Policy / Energy Policy, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Public Policy / Environmental Policy
Publication Year
2024
Genre
Nature, Political Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
22.1 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Reviews
[This] riveting report on a successful effort to thwart the construction of a natural gas pipeline from West Virginia's fracking fields across Virginia to North Carolina.... [is an] illuminating background on the fossil fuel industry... [and] an impressive account of a David-vs.-Goliath struggle., Gaslight tells the story of how a group of people took on the powerful fossil fuel industry -- and won. It's a hopeful story of how we can make progress on climate change. Gaslight is the perfect blend of narrative, history, and science - it's a gripping read!, A stirring account of an epic battle--and a profound glimpse into this crucial moment, when the world is poised between two energy systems. This fine book makes the biggest questions on our planet very local, immediate, and understandable., "[This] riveting report on a successful effort to thwart the construction of a natural gas pipeline from West Virginia's fracking fields across Virginia to North Carolina.... [is an] illuminating background on the fossil fuel industry... [and] an impressive account of a David-vs.-Goliath struggle." -Publishers Weekly, starred "Like all great writers, Mingle tells a very big story by way of a small, precise one. Through granular and humane reporting, he recounts the valiant campaign waged by a diverse group of local Appalachian landowners against one of the nation's most powerful energy companies. This taut narrative is then deftly woven into the wider social and historical fabric, until it encompasses the whole of American politics, and, indeed, the very survival of humanity. One comes away convinced that natural gas, long touted as a bridge to a green future, is, in fact, a highway to hell." -Robert Moor, author of On Trails: An Exploration "A stirring account of an epic battle--and a profound glimpse into this crucial moment, when the world is poised between two energy systems. This fine book makes the biggest questions on our planet very local, immediate, and understandable." -Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature "Gaslight tells the story of how a group of people took on the powerful fossil fuel industry -- and won. It's a hopeful story of how we can make progress on climate change. Gaslight is the perfect blend of narrative, history, and science - it's a gripping read!" -Leah Stokes, author of Short Circuiting Policy and professor of environmental politics, University of California, Santa Barbara, Like all great writers, Mingle tells a very big story by way of a small, precise one. Through granular and humane reporting, he recounts the valiant campaign waged by a diverse group of local Appalachian landowners against one of the nation's most powerful energy companies. This taut narrative is then deftly woven into the wider social and historical fabric, until it encompasses the whole of American politics, and, indeed, the very survival of humanity. One comes away convinced that natural gas, long touted as a 'bridge' to a green future, is, in fact, a highway to hell.
Table Of Content
Note to Reader Prologue: The People vs. The Pipeline PART I: The Public Necessity Chapter 1: The Burning Spring Chapter 2: An Energy Superhighway Chapter 3: America's Homeplace Chapter 4: All the Hornets' Nests PART II: Ground Game Chapter 5: Steep Slopes Chapter 6: The Campaign to Elect a Pipeline Chapter 7: Full Nelson PART III: PATH DEPENDENCE Chapter 8: Rooftop to Rooftop Chapter 9: The Limits of Disturbance Chapter 10: The Gas Light Company PART IV: Sea Change Chapter 11: The New Dominion Chapter 12: Pipes vs. Wires Epilogue: Pass It On Acknowledgments Notes Index About the Author
Synopsis
Gaslight is the story of an epic, six-year battle between one of the country's most powerful energy companies and the everyday people who stood in the path of its massive fossil gas pipeline. On one side, an archetypal Goliath: a corporation that commands billions of dollars and unparalleled influence over state politicians and federal government agencies alike. On the other, a diverse band of Davids: lawyers and farmers, conservationists and conservatives, innkeepers and lobbyists, scientists, and nurses. Their struggle took them all the way to the Supreme Court, but their larger fight was in the court of public opinion. Would the nation swallow the industry's narrative that gas was "a bridge fuel" to a clean, green future? Or would the public recognize it as a methane bomb, capable of not only wrecking local communities but imperiling the planet? Vivid and suspenseful, Gaslight is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the urgent stakes of the energy choices we face today., Imagine one day you receive a letter in the mail that informs you that a large energy company is planning to build a massive pipeline through your property. That surveyors will be coming out soon. That they have the legal right to do so, whether you like it or not, because this project is in the "public interest"--because the pipeline will be carrying natural gas, the so-called "bridge fuel" that politicians on both sides of the aisle have been peddling for decades as the path to a clean, green energy future. This was the gist of the letter that Dominion Energy sent to thousands of residents living along the path of its proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline in 2014, setting off an epic, six-year battle that eventually led all the way to the Supreme Court. That struggle's epicenter was in the mountains of Virginia, where communities stretching from the Blue Ridge foothills to the Shenandoah Valley and the Allegheny highlands became Dominion's staunchest foes. On one side was an archetypal Goliath: a power company that commands billions of dollars, the votes of politicians, and the decisions of the federal government. On the other, an army of Davids: lawyers and farmers, conservationists and conservatives, scientists and nurses, innkeepers and lobbyists, families who farmed their land since before the Revolutionary War and those who were not allowed to until after the Civil War. At stake was not only the future of the communities that lay in the pipeline's path but the future of American energy. Would the public be swayed by the industry's decades-long public relations campaign to frame natural gas - a fossil fuel and itself a potent greenhouse gas - as a "solution" to climate change? Or would we recognize it as a methane bomb, capable of not only imperiling local property and upending people's lives, but of pushing the planet further down the road towards climate chaos? Vivid and suspenseful, gut-wrenching and insightful, Gaslight is more than the chronicle of a turning point in American history. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the dark, overlooked story of America's "favorite fossil fuel," and the immense future stakes of the energy choices we face today., Journalist Jonathan Mingle tells the vivid and inspirational story of everyday citizens standing up against the countrys most powerful energy companies-essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the urgent stakes of the energy choices we face today Imagine one day you receive a letter in the mail that informs you that a large energy company is planning to build a massive pipeline through your property. That surveyors will be coming out soon. That they have the legal right to do so, whether you like it or not, because this project is in the "public interest"--because the pipeline will be carrying natural gas, the so-called "bridge fuel" that politicians on both sides of the aisle have been peddling for decades as the path to a clean, green energy future. This was the gist of the letter that Dominion Energy sent to thousands of residents living along the path of its proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline in 2014, setting off an epic, six-year battle that eventually led all the way to the Supreme Court. That struggle's epicenter was in the mountains of Virginia, where communities stretching from the Blue Ridge foothills to the Shenandoah Valley and the Allegheny highlands became Dominion's staunchest foes. On one side was an archetypal Goliath: a power company that commands billions of dollars, the votes of politicians, and the decisions of the federal government. On the other, an army of Davids: lawyers and farmers, conservationists and conservatives, scientists and nurses, innkeepers and lobbyists, families who farmed their land since before the Revolutionary War and those who were not allowed to until after the Civil War. At stake was not only the future of the communities that lay in the pipeline's path but the future of American energy. Would the public be swayed by the industry's decades-long public relations campaign to frame natural gas - a fossil fuel and itself a potent greenhouse gas - as a "solution" to climate change? Or would we recognize it as a methane bomb, capable of not only imperiling local property and upending people's lives, but of pushing the planet further down the road towards climate chaos? Vivid and suspenseful, gut-wrenching and insightful, Gaslight is more than the chronicle of a turning point in American history. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the dark, overlooked story of America's "favorite fossil fuel," and the immense future stakes of the energy choices we face today.
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