@article{epos1890, volume = {39}, month = {August}, author = {Robert B. Jackson and Avner Vengosh and J. William Carey and Richard J. Davies and Thomas H. Darrah and Francis O'Sullivan and Gabrielle P{\'e}tron}, title = {The Environmental Costs and Bene?ts of Fracking}, publisher = {Annual Reviews}, journal = {Annual Review of Environment and Resources}, pages = {327--362}, year = {2014}, keywords = {horizontal drilling, hydraulic fracturing, induced seismicity, shale gas, water resources, air quality, well integrity}, url = {https://episodesplatform.eu/eprints/1890/}, abstract = {Unconventional oil and natural gas extraction enabled by horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is driving an economic boom, with consequences described from?revolutionary?to?disastrous.?Reality lies somewhere in between.Unconventional energy generates income and,donewell, canreduce air pollution and even water use compared with other fossilfuels.} }