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This is an excellent, excellent book; I will be invested in news of the people involved for long after the last pages. If you are interested in reading a nuanced, sensitive treatment of the fracking problem--timely too in its Pennsylvania setting--I cannot recommend this one more highly.

I‘m handling the ongoing pandemic by buying and not reading these and also potentially getting a 5th cat...

One thing that this book is genius at is drawing all the lines.

I too live in a part of the US where energy production is a reality of life, and I know that there are greys. And this book is making me want to scream ...

As good an argument for valorizing reading and critical thinking as anything I've seen. This book is intense and beautifully written; I'm sure I'll have more to say once done.

This is one of my tops for the year. “Amity and Prosperity” both disturbed and angered me. Yet, I couldn‘t put it down.

😡 😡 😡 And this poor family that is the focus of this book is suffering from arsenic and glycol poisioning through air and water. Even the animals are dying. But the company is protected from almost all government regulation. Infuriating.

From the opening of Eliza Griswold‘s Pulitzer-winning book on fracking in Pennsylvania.

David takes on Goliath but this time Goliath wins. This Pulitzer winner is well written and compelling, and I kept hoping for vindication but none came. Frustrating as hell!! Prepare to be outraged by corporate greed, governmental incompetence, and citizen powerlessness in this story of the human (and animal) cost of fracking.

I was so happy to see this book win a Pulitzer. Eliza Griswold tells a compelling story about the ways fracking has affected an entire community, for better or worse. My family lives in Washington County, PA and this book hit close to home for me.

Listening and ready this well-written and heart breaking story of the damage fracking has done to two Pennsylvania towns.

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This is an engaging true corporate crime story of a nurse and single mom of 2 who fought a fracking giant for clean water. Range Resources was negligent on multiple fronts but never really faced consequences. If you liked the story of Erin Brockovich you will probably like Stacey Haney and the husband and wife lawyer team who took her case. Justice is elusive. But we should still seek it. Equity before the law is a worthwhile goal. ⚖️

This is where my username comes from. And this book is breaking my heart 💔

A story of corporate crime and greed perpetrated against the poor. Environmental pollution kills animals and devastates families. This is a gripping true story. 💧