Pipeline Politics: Assessing the Benefits and Harms of Energy Policy

An essential review of the history, benefits, limitations, failures, and politics of pipelines, with a core focus on potential harms to environmental and human health.

• Clearly presents the benefits, limitations, and dangers of transporting crude oil and natural gas by pipeline

• Simply explains pipeline dangers to human health and the environment posed by spills, leaks, and explosions

• Presents a history of pipelines to enable readers to put current debates in perspective

• Addresses how pipeline politics are leading to the construction of more pipelines