Contents Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………… 3 What is Hydraulic Fracturing?.................................................................................................... 3 Hydraulic Fracturing Economic Effects………………………………………………………. 4 Primary Legal Issues Raised by Hydraulic Fracturing………………………………………… 5 Primary Environmental Issues Raised by Hydraulic Fracturing………………………………. 6 Hydraulic Fracturing’s Role in Meeting U.S. Energy Needs…………………………………. 6 What
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State the primary legal issue raised by hydraulic fracturing; state the primary environmental issues raised by hydraulic fracturing; and state what part of hydraulic fracturing plays or will play in meeting U. S. energy needs. Finding more energy sources including oil and natural gas will help to meet the energy demand and help provide our country with reliable fuel supplies. The prediction is that oil and natural gas will continue to provide more than half of the energy needs for American
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The Controversial Process of Fracking: A focus on the Karoo: Lauren Bennett (g12b1123) The process of hydraulic fracking involves sand and specially treated water (with chemicals)‚ being blasted down on to rock crevices‚ at extremely high pressures.1 This is done in order to literally open the rock up‚ thereby releasing the natural gas that is present in them. This process‚ however‚ has recently become more intense. As a means to be able to drill in to the rock a great deal
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can be harmed by a source called Hydraulic Fracturing. Hydraulic Fracturing contains hazardous chemicals‚ into the ground along with water and sand at high pressures. It can have a different amount of pros and cons that can help us understand more of what it does and how does it affect us. Hydraulic Fracturing can cause a lot of damage and that is why I think that I am against for hydraulic fracturing. I am against hydraulic fracturing because hydraulic fracturing can cause damages‚ problems‚ or
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fractures are caused they release the gases that are being mined for. The main reason why fracking is used is to mine for natural gases. Fracking is where 40-56% of the natural gases come from. http://www.what-is-fracking.com/what-is-hydraulic-fracturing/ Fracking isn’t the best type of mining because there are very many environmental and health damages that are at risk of using this type. Some of the many environmental damages are; contamination of groundwater‚ air pollution‚ exposure to
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-- Hydraluic Fracturing Hydraulic fracturing‚ which is also known as fracking‚ is the process of drilling and injecting fluid into the ground at a high pressure in order to fracture shale rocks to relase the natural gas inside. Many believe that fracking should be banned due to the cancerous chemicals that are injected into the shale rocks‚ which contaminates the water that we drink and runs into our homes. In the U.S.‚ there are more than 500‚000 active natural gas wells. Each of these wells
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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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Fracturing of America Even though Hydraulic Fracturing is changing our dependence on fossil fuels‚ it could very well be changing our most precious resource‚ our water supplies. The average fracturing site uses an estimated 70 to 140 billion gallons of water to fracture 35‚000 wells in the United States annually. This is approximately the yearly water consumption of 40 to 80 cities each with a population of 50‚000. This water is infused with chemicals that seep back into our groundwater and contaminate
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IV Hydraulic Fracturing and Why It’s a Concern Today DeVry University Professor Joseph Smith Laws 310-The Legal Environment Table of Contents Page 3: Introduction‚ Process of Hydraulic Fracturing Page 4: Continuing Explanation of Hydraulic Fracturing‚ France and Hydraulic Fracturing Page 5: Executive Orders‚ Fracking Jobs Page 6: Fracking Jobs and Fracking Taxes Page 7: Transportation Costs of Fracking on a Community Page 8: Environmental Issues Page 9: Closure Hydraulic Fracturing
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The topic in question is hydraulic fracturing‚ more commonly known as fracking. Said practice is vital to study because at the moment there are many questions about its potential negative effect on our environment‚ yet oil companies are pushing for its complete legality. The four articles used include Fracking practices in offshore California waters by oil companies probed by regulators (Jason Dearen and Alicia Chang‚ Los Angeles Daily News)‚ Fracking war: Sierra Club says bill not good enough
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