seismic occurrence of measuring 1.5 on Richter scale. These two events occurred close to Preese Hall drilling site‚ where Caudrilla Resources was extracting gas from a shale deposit using a new method called Hydraulic Fracturing‚ often referred to as Fracking. Immediately after the seismic events attention was focused on Caudrilla Resources and this new unconventional process that extracts natural gas by fracturing the surrounding rock. A detailed study of the geological data suggested that the two events
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you are unaware of. Today making a difference in our economic system‚ means poisoning our Great Lakes‚ killing off the future‚ and not giving children the benefit of the doubt if that were done to the people of the states. Fracking‚ also known as hydraulic fracturing‚ fracking‚ and fracture stimulation‚ is shale gas drilling companies come to an area‚ buy up drilling rights from landowners‚ cut new roads and raze patches of land formerly undisturbed natural environments‚ cart in and out tens of millions
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Gasland Problem Tap water isn’t supposed to catch fire. It does in Dimock. Josh Fox‚ the director of "Gasland‚" chronicles his search to discover what gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale might do to his beloved Delaware River watershed should he and his neighbors sign the leases they received in the mail. That search takes him first to Dimock and then across the United States‚ where he meets people struggling with unexpected consequences of gas drilling in multiple states. He spent time with citizens
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Organic Farmers Struggle to Protect Land from Encroaching Fracking Industry Through this analysis I will show how EcoWatch‚ paired their article with a great documentary on this issue called “Gas Rush Stories”‚ speaking with not only for organic farmers but the customers who buy the products from these farms. Their credibility is demonstrated through their partnerships with larger green energy and environmental organizations‚ and enhances the articles validity by taking it to those directly affected
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costs in turn are multiplying. There have been many environmental costs linked to the exploration of fossil fuels. Firstly looking at fracking‚ which has recently caused problems in the press. Fracking‚ is the process of drilling and injecting fluid into the ground at a high pressure in order to fracture shale rocks to release natural gas inside. Hydraulic fracking produces approximately 300‚000 barrels of natural gas a day‚ but at the price of numerous environmental‚ safety‚ and health hazards. Not
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created by the drilling process called hydraulic fracturing. In fracking‚ a mix of water‚ sand and chemical additives is injected into a drilling well under heavy pressure to release natural gas from shale deposits. At the end of the process‚ some of the chemical-laden water returns to the surface along with salts‚ radioactive elements and other contaminants absorbed from the shale. Safely disposing of the waste from fracking without contaminating drinking water and waterways has been a major
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Biology 2013 Spring Semester Project Name ____________________________ Date ______________ Per ___________ Article Question and Essay Packet 1) SEA OF DEBRIS a. What is causing the sea of debris? b. How much debris is produced every day from the Los Angeles area alone? c. What percent of the world’s oceans are covered with debris? d. What is the impact of this debris on wildlife? On habitat? e. What can be done about it? Vocabulary: Monofilament line
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move to natural gas powered vehicles could mean energy independence for the United States. The unrest and political turmoil in the Middle East has led to a desire for the United States to no longer depend on that region for oil. The introduction of fracking has led to an abundance of natural gas being harvested in both America and Canada. The last major contributing factor to the partnership is the lack of competition in the natural gas fuel station market. In
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concentrations in the atmosphere and fresh water supplies are diminishing. The overall purpose of this report is to clearly understand the positive and negative effects that each unconventional fuel will have because of its every day significance. II. Fracking for Natural Gas It is believed that the U.S has at least one hundred years’ worth of natural gas available for exploitation. In fact‚ according to the U.S Department of Energy‚ the lower 48 states have a wide distribution of highly organic shales
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tapping shale deposits containing natural gas that were previously inaccessible by conventional drilling. Vertical hydrofracking is used to extend the life of an existing well once its productivity starts to run out‚ sort of a last resort. Horizontal fracking differs in that it uses a mixture of 596 chemicals‚ many of them proprietary‚ and millions of gallons of water per frack. This water then becomes contaminated and must be cleaned and disposed of. What is the Halliburton Loophole? In 2005‚ the
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