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Conventional Politics for Unconventional Drilling? Lessons from Pennsylvania's Early Move into Fracking Policy Development
dc.contributor.authorRabe, Barry G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBorick, Christopheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-18T18:32:51Z
dc.date.available2014-07-01T15:53:20Zen_US
dc.date.issued2013-05en_US
dc.identifier.citationRabe, Barry G.; Borick, Christopher (2013). "Conventional Politics for Unconventional Drilling? Lessons from Pennsylvania's Early Move into Fracking Policy Development." Review of Policy Research (3): 321-340. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/98279>en_US
dc.identifier.issn1541-132Xen_US
dc.identifier.issn1541-1338en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/98279
dc.description.abstractThe emergence of hydraulic fracturing techniques is generating a dramatic expansion of the development of domestic natural gas resources in the U nited S tates and abroad. Fracking also poses a series of environmental protection challenges that cut across traditional medium and program boundaries. Formal constraints on federal government engagement thus far devolve considerable latitude to individual states for policy development. This provides an important test of whether recent scholarly emphasis on highly innovative state environmental and energy policies can be extended to this burgeoning area. P ennsylvania has moved to the epicenter of the fracking revolution, reflecting its vast Marcellus Shale resource and far‐reaching 2012 legislation. This article examines the P ennsylvania case and notes that the state's emerging policy appears designed to maximize resource extraction while downplaying environmental considerations. The case analysis generates questions as to whether this experience constitutes an influential state early mover that is likely to diffuse widely or is instead an aberration in a rapidly diversifying state policy development process.en_US
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.en_US
dc.publisherCenter for Local, State, and Urban Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michiganen_US
dc.subject.otherEnvironmental Policyen_US
dc.subject.otherEnergy Policyen_US
dc.subject.otherShale Gas Policyen_US
dc.subject.otherHydraulic Fracturingen_US
dc.subject.otherFrackingen_US
dc.subject.otherState Energy Policyen_US
dc.titleConventional Politics for Unconventional Drilling? Lessons from Pennsylvania's Early Move into Fracking Policy Developmenten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPolitical Scienceen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelGovernment, Politics and Lawen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/98279/1/ropr12018.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/ropr.12018en_US
dc.identifier.sourceReview of Policy Researchen_US
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