Economic, environmental, and health impacts of the fracking boom

KJ Black, AJ Boslett, EL Hill, L Ma… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The shale gas boom revolutionized the energy sector through hydraulic fracturing (fracking).
High levels of energy production force communities, states, and nations to consider the …

Infectious waste management strategy during COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: an integrated decision-making framework for selecting sustainable technologies

A Belhadi, SS Kamble, SAR Khan, FE Touriki… - Environmental …, 2020 - Springer
The emerging and underdeveloped countries in Africa face numerous difficulties managing
infectious waste during the SARS-CoV-2 disease, known as the COVID-19 pandemic …

An analysis of the impact of unconventional oil and gas activities on public health: New evidence across Oklahoma counties

N Apergis, G Mustafa, SG Dastidar - Energy Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
The expansion of unconventional oil and gas development (UNGD) in the US has been
highly controversial so far with no consensus on its health, economic, environmental, and …

[HTML][HTML] Market tremors: Shale gas exploration, earthquakes, and their impact on house prices

S Gibbons, S Heblich, C Timmins - Journal of Urban Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
Shale gas has grown to become a major new source of energy in countries around the
globe. While its importance for energy supply is well recognized, there has also been public …

Vulnerability of populations exposed to seismic risk in the state of Oklahoma

S Derakhshan, ME Hodgson, SL Cutter - Applied geography, 2020 - Elsevier
During the past decade, the number of earthquakes has increased dramatically in the state
of Oklahoma, largely attributed to induced seismicity from wastewater injections (hydraulic …

Carbon emissions, fracking, and firm value of US oil and gas firms

AV Mollick, MI Haidar - Business Strategy and the Environment, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We examine in this paper how firm value (market‐to‐book ratio, MTB) of US oil and gas
sector firms from 2010 to 2020 responds to carbon emissions intensity measures. We …

[HTML][HTML] Household earthquake preparedness in Oklahoma: a mixed methods study of selected municipalities

G Halkia, LG Ludwig - International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Induced seismicity has increased in prevalence in the central United States
following an increase in hydraulic fracturing and the resultant disposal of wastewater back …

Valuing shale gas development in resource-dependent communities

ZT Keeler, HM Stephens - Resources Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Technological advances in oil and gas drilling have enabled the productive extraction of
natural gas in new regions. The benefits from employment and income opportunities can …

The impact of fracking activities on Oklahoma's housing prices: A panel cointegration analysis

N Apergis - Energy policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Fracking drilling has opened a discussion on the role of technological developments in
economies engaged in shale oil and gas formations. Oil and natural gas production opened …

Impact of induced seismicity on the housing market: Evidence from Pohang

J Hong, H Jo, D Seo, S You - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this study, we analyze the case of induced seismicity in Pohang, South Korea, in 2017 to
investigate the effect of seismic risk perception on the local residential property market …