Russell Gold has reported on energy regularly in The Wall Street Journal since 2002. His coverage of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was honored with a Gerald Loeb Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. The author of The Boom and Superpower, he lives in Austin, Texas.
"Combining lucid explanations of fracking's technical aspects with
the practice's more dramatic backstory, Gold's work is a tour de
force of contemporary journalism that will captivate anyone
concerned with the future of energy consumption and
our rapidly changing climate."--Booklist (starred)
"Russell Gold's The Boom, authoritative and fairly balanced, is a
welcome guide - the best all-around book yet on fracking."--San
Francisco Chronicle
"Whether you think fracking is our salvation or an agent of
environmental destruction, The Boom is worth your
time."--Forbes.com
"In The Boom, Russell Gold provides a compelling account of the
last half century of natural gas technology development. Driven by
hunches, large ambitions and even larger personalities, the story
of fracking is the story of innovation, American style. Gold delves
into the growing conflict between economic development and concerns
over environmental damage, and explains why fracking is seen by
some as a vital bridge to a sustainable energy future and feared by
others as another excuse to postpone addressing the risks of
climate change.... The Boom puts a human face on the unfinished
story of our struggle to transition to a sustainable
world."--Steven Chu, Former United States Secretary of Energy
"Russell Gold's The Boom is a double quest. He tells the story of
the biggest innovation in energy so far in this century--the shale
gas revolution. He captures the personalities, and the drama and
surprises, and brings clarity to the debate about the environmental
impact--and what it means for the U.S. economy and "energy
independence." But it's also a more personal story - about "The
Farm" in rural Pennsylvania where he spent time as a child, and his
quest to understand what is happening in this new age of shale
gas."--Daniel Yergin, author of The Quest: Energy, Security, and
the Remaking of the Modern World and of The Prize
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