Department of Environmental Protection‚ hydraulic fracturing‚ also called fracking‚ from oil and gas operations has damaged Pennsylvania’s water supplies 209 times between 2008 and 2014. Some in Bradford County‚ PA are drinking methane-filled water that can be lit on fire with one flick on a lighter. Why is fracking allowed if it endangers people’s health and the environment? One major reason is the positive impacts fracking has on the economy. Counties in Pennsylvania that have natural gas wells
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Katie Schlagenhaft English 105 Laura Moran 2 December 2014 Fracking in Pennsylvania Hydraulic fracturing‚ also known as fracking‚ is damaging our watersheds and for some of us‚ fracking sites are in our own backyards. The Environmental Protection Agency seems to have a few holes in it‚ as you will see in my research. First‚ we need to understand how fracking works. It is a means of extracting natural gas and oil that lies within a shale rock formation thousands of feet below earth’s surface
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Introduction: Hydraulic fracturing‚ which is more commonly known as fracking‚ is a process where a large volume of water mixed with other chemicals and components is injected into the ground at a high pressure. This causes cracks or fissures to form which releases the natural gases into wells that have been built for collection as (shown in figure 1). Figure 1 This process is currently being debated within South Africa‚ where companies such as Shell and Chevron are suggesting that this process
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Analysis of the Economic & Environmental Effects of Fracking Introduction Fracking‚ or hydraulic fracturing‚ is the process of extracting natural gas from shale rock. Fracking allows the world to retain natural gas from depths that were deemed unreachable by conventional technology. Recent advancements in Fracking technology have propelled America to the forefront of natural gas extraction. By this method‚ the shale rock is punctured with a high pressure fluid‚ causing it to rupture and
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April 8‚ 2012 Dear Senator Greg Ball‚ The current practice of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) began in America in the late 1990‘s and has been wreaking havoc on the land and the lives of the American people since. In case you are unaware‚ fracking is the process well diggers use to extract natural gas and oil from the earth. They use pressurized mixture of water‚ sand‚ and chemicals to form veins (or fractures) in the rock in order for the natural gas or oil to escape. Although this process
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Fracking is a very popular conversational topic or subject of commercials‚ media etc.. But many people actually do not know what it is‚ does and risks. Fracking‚ or Hydraulic Fracturing is the process of pumping a high-pressured fluid (consisting out of water‚ sand‚ and other chemicals) into shale rocks to widen the fractures (Fracking). This releases the pockets of gas or petroleum inside the rock‚ and making them accessible to the human (Hyder‚ Joseph). It was developed in the 1940’s‚ but‚ since
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Should fracking be banned yes because fracking is dangerous and toxic to the wildlife from the national forests‚ national parks‚ and public towns? The national forests and national parks are going to be destroyed by fracking wellpads‚ waste pit‚ compressors‚ pipelines‚ noisy machinery‚ and thousands of truck trips to every location in America from fracking. Now fracking will be far away from the national parks and national forests‚ for example‚ some workers will have some types of health problems
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the executive director of the Sierra Club‚ I am in full support of The Exploratory Fracking and Extraction act. I would like to express concerns associated with hydraulic fracturing‚ or fracking‚ on behalf of the Sierra Club. Critical problems that are commonly brought to attention are: contamination of water supplies‚ seismic activity caused by fracking‚ and it worsens the current condition of the climate. Fracking wells inject water‚ sand‚ and chemicals deep into the ground to mine natural gas
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hydraulic fracking is good for the environment because it puts toxic waste into the ground‚ contaminates water supplies and the accidental spills lead to much devastation‚ and even our groundwater gets contaminated. Toxic waste from the hydraulic fracking is one of the worst things that is happening as of right now. Fracturing fluid chemicals are known to cause cancer and they sometimes use the fracturing fluid for flowback. The flowback of fracturing enters the air easily. Hydraulic fracking contaminates
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is a nightmare. Often the word ‘fracking’ itself raises a lot of concerns‚ protests‚ and controversies. Environmentalists and the general public who are not aware of the facts and statistics about fracking‚ what’s called the bigger picture‚ often tend to think that fracking is a major concern and its impact on environment and in the sector of public health is disturbing. While it is the responsibility of the citizens to analyze and understand the reality of fracking‚ it is also the duty of the government
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