The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World

Pages: 384 Language: English Publisher: Simon & Schuster US Russell Gold. a brilliant and dogged investigative reporter at The Wall Street Journal. has spent more than a decade reporting on one of the biggest stories of our time: the spectacular. world-changing rise of . fracking Recognized as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and a recipient of the Gerald Loeb Award for his work. Gold has traveled along the pipelines and into the hubs of this country's energy infrastructure; he has visited frack sites from Texas to North Dakota; and he has conducted thousands of interviews with engineers and wildcatters. CEOs and roughnecks. environmentalists and politicians He has also sifted through reams of engineering reports. lawsuit transcripts. and financial filings The result is an essential book-a commanding piece.. of journalism. an astounding study of human ingenuity. and an epic...

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.