Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America
where to get the millions of gallons required for a frack and what to do with the liquid waste. In Pennsylvania, the early efforts to dispose of this waste by hauling it to local sewage plants had proved disastrous. The local plants didn’t have the capacity to do anything but remove solids before dumping the water back into the river. Eventually, u
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The advance of technology was such that a growing number of countries were able to run their power grids for more and more hours of the day on wind and solar power.
Eliza Griswold • Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America
Rural citizens lived alongside industry for generations, taking jobs and small payouts for mineral leases. Often, they acquired a sophisticated understanding of property and mineral rights, becoming well versed in the history and value of what lay beneath their feet. This arrangement also helped people remain on their land long after farming was pr
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If he was in fact a guinea pig for industry while they were cashing life-changing checks, then it followed that the landowners were making that money at the cost of someone’s health.
Eliza Griswold • Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America
Each spring, this anti-federalist spirit flourishes in downtown Washington, where Whiskey Rebellion reenactors march beneath the uneasy gaze of George Washington, whose statue still perches atop the county courthouse.
Eliza Griswold • Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America
The greatest good for the greatest number of people made Harley a justifiable casualty in the struggle against melting ice caps and rising sea levels wrought by climate change; against faraway despots bolstered by energy supplies; against a slump in American industry that left millions out of work, including her father.
Eliza Griswold • Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America
Her whole life she’d worked on sowing good things, and what she was reaping was, frankly, shit. It made her think of the story of Job.
Eliza Griswold • Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America
The history of energy extraction is etched into Appalachian hollows.
Eliza Griswold • Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America
If Range could get what they wanted from others, the company might not need their land. So, reluctantly, she signed. By 5:00 p.m., they were back in the freezing parking lot, unsure they’d done the right thing.