USA’s policies on fracking
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2017
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Shrivastava, Bulbul
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In the past decade, the United States’ oil and gas industry experienced an extraordinary
boom, due to shale gas. Shale gas accounted for only 1.6% of total US natural gas production
in 2000, 4.1% by 2005, and an astonishing 23.1% by 2010. This remarkable growth has spurred
interest in exploring for shale gas resources elsewhere. The purpose of the study is how the
rise of fracking in the USA has impacted its foreign policy towards climate change. An
exploratory qualitative method, known as process-tracing was used, with the aim of providing
evidence-based literature in order to explore the change in the USA’s domestic energy and
climate policies; as well to see the change in its stance on climate change on the international
platform. Some of the key concluding findings relate to the Obama Administration’s
championing of the Clean Energy Act.
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A research report submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts(International Relations), 2017
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Shrivastava, Bulbul (2017) USA’s policies on fracking, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, <https://hdl.handle.net/10539/24617>