"Fracking as environmental load displacement: examining the violence of unconventional oil and gas extraction", September 2015

…The article first outlines the risks of shale gas extraction in the context of climate change before delving into a case study centred on fracking in Algeria. The article goes on to propose the concept of environmental load displacement as a useful tool to understand the unequal distribution caused by the impacts of fracking and climate change, and concludes on a somewhat hopeful note, touching on the potential for international solidarity and local movements as a way to defend against the environmental and social consequences of unconventional gas extraction…