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 .