Hydro Fracking in New York By: Brittany Beaston How would you feel if you were able to set water on fire? Well some people in New York and Pennsylvania are literally able to set their faucet water on fire and shouldn’t be able to. This is caused from fracking. Fracking is a system utilized to extract natural gases from the earth. This essay will discuss the process‚ dangers and loopholes in regulation of this industry.We must understand how hydraulic fracking works. Hydraulic fracking works by
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been granted a long term contract to utilize fresh water from BC Hydro’s Williston Reservoir. Local residents are concerned about the additives used in Talismans fracking process‚ as well as the depletion of their fresh water source. The major environmental concerns associated with hydraulic fracturing include the presence of fracking additives in ground water supply‚ human induced earthquakes‚ and the use of large amounts of fresh water supply. Talisman Energy’s proposed plan of action was evaluated
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_____________________ Political and Economic Thoughts on the Fracking Nation _____________________ SMGT 435 Research Paper Lorie LaPorta May 3‚ 2013 Political and Economic Thoughts on the Fracking Nation Introduction Hydraulic fracturing‚ or fracking‚ is a horizontal drilling method that extracts natural gas from Marcellus shale formations thousands of feet below the surface. A high pressure water mixtures is pushed
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been cases where people have been able to light the water from their faucets on fire. Stricter government regulation should be enforced on these gas companies. Hydraulic Fracturing‚ or fracking‚ has recently (in the last ten years) been used extensively by gas companies (“The Facts About Fracking”). Fracking involves drilling down below shale formations (over a thousand feet) in the ground and pumping water‚ sand‚ and chemicals until the rock fractures. When the rock fractures it releases natural
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Shaniqua McIntosh April 15‚ 2013 Environmental Science Hydraulic Fracturing: The Problem Hydraulic Fracturing or fracking was first introduced in 1940s and has then been a key provider of natural gas and oil worldwide. Despite its expansion and customary use‚ fracking still poses many health and environmental concerns. During fracking‚ pressurized liquids are injected into drilled wells‚ which cause the surrounding rock to crack open allowing gas and oil flow through the fissures
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In Gasland and Fracknation the volatile issue of fracking is discussed in detail from two very different perspectives. However‚ the issue of how fracking affects inequality rarely arises due to the environmental bent of Gasland and investigative treatment of the issue in Fracknation. There are many social issues caused by the advent of fracking and speed at which the wells are being built across the nation‚ foremost among them is the way fracking is inextricably linked to causing and worsening economic
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blood poison) and pyridines (potential carcinogens) all exceeded legal limits‚ as much as 384 times levels deemed safe . In order to consider the regulations on the chemical use‚ an article called “Secrecy Loophole Could Still Weaken BLM’s Tougher Fracking Regs” by Lisa Song was considered. According to her‚ the US Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has
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the process. The method combines a new form of horizontal drilling with hydraulic fracturing – more commonly known as fracking. This process blasts open fissures in underground shale-rock formations by injecting a high pressure combination of fluids‚ chemicals and water causing the fossil fuel to flow to the production well. During this process‚ millions of gallons of fracking fluid – a mixture of water‚ sand and toxic chemicals – are injected into the ground to break up the shale and release natural
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Laposata‚ 2014). In order to exhume the natural gasses‚ hydraulic fracturing injects water‚ sand and various other chemicals into the Earth‚ at such a high velocity that the underground shale rock bursts open‚ releasing the natural gas within it ("Fracking"‚ 2015). Although hydraulic fracturing positively impacts the environment by lessening the need for fossil fuels‚ based upon scientific data collected in places where hydraulic fracturing
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“Hydraulic Fracturing or Fracking is a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth’s surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure”(Dictionary). This type of mining is used to extract natural gas and oil by drilling a mile or more below the surface. Fracking has been “commercially used for 65 years”(Introduction)‚ supplying Americans energy. Hydraulic Fracturing has allowed for the increase in supplies of oil and natural gas. It is currently the best and
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