Up to Heaven and Down to Hell - Colin Jerolmack
The United States is the only country in the world where property rights commonly extend \up to heaven and down to hell,\ which means that landowners have the exclusive right to lease their subsurface mineral estates to petroleum companies. Colin Jerolmack spent eight months living with rural communities outside of Williamsport as they confronted the tension between property rights and the commonwealth. In this deeply intimate book, he reveals how the decision to lease brings financial rewards..
Up to Heaven and Down to Hell - Colin Jerolmack - Bog - Princeton University Press - Plusbog.dk
"As different as we all are in situations, needs, and views, we hold the world in common. In this brilliant ethnography, Colin Jerolmack vividly highlights this basic environmental conundrum with his compelling account of the local conflicts over fracking in the countryside around Williamsport, Pennsylvania"--