Bob Sheak

Bob Sheak, who lives just outside of Athens, Ohio, is an emeritus professor of sociology at Ohio University.

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09 July 2012
Power outage in Athens County and global warming
Bob Sheak
Our electric from American Electric Power came back on Thursday (July 5th) about 8 p.m. So we and our neighbors were about six days without power. We have been...
11 June 2012
U.S. military acknowledges realty of human-induced global warming
Bob Sheak
Note that in this hot, never-ebbing, electoral season, global warming is not among the issues given much attention. This is the case despite the fact that the...
05 April 2012
Fracking our way to a warmer and less stable world
Bob Sheak
Oil and gas corporations, their trade associations, mass media outlets like the Wall Street Journal and Time magazine, and numerous pundits continue to report...
07 February 2012
Open Letter to Sherrod Brown
Bob Sheak
Concerning Fracking and other matters

Dear Senator Brown: I am writing you about the technology of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (...
21 November 2011
A fracking dilemma?
Bob Sheak
For the pro-frackers in Athens county and probably many who are undecided, the lure of jobs and other "benefits" from shale gas mining are significant...
11 October 2011
Fracking or no fracking in Athens
Bob Sheak
Terry Smith wrote a thoughtful and provocative article in the Oct. 6 issue of The Athens News with the title “Can our region really afford to say no to ‘...

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