In 2005, the Energy Act gave Big Oil the right to slowly destroy our lands, impact our personal health, and to make huge sums of money extracting shale gas from both private and public owned lands, all under the disguise of energy independence. The act contains an exception loophole called the Halliburton Loophole. It is time for this loophole to be closed; for the protection of the health and for the safety of the country. According to Kate Sheppard, Senior Reporter and environment and energy editor for The Huffington Post, the Halliburton Loophole is an exemption from existing rules and allows companies to inject petroleum-based chemicals into the ground without obtaining a permit and without a disclosure list for these chemicals.
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Many fracking supporters saw it as a tradeoff, an answer to the U.S.’s energy dependency on foreign supplies and a clean alternative to fossil fuels. Fracking would also contribute to job creation, lower gas prices and would result in better air quality due to reduced reliance on coal. A hungry economy and the lack of governmental regulation have all contributed to an unhealthy impact on our environment.
Although, natural gas production has been in existence for many decades, the act of hydraulic fracturing on a commercial level is relatively new. Fracking, having been pioneered by the Mitchell Energy and Development Corporation when the company developed a hydraulic fracturing technique that produced large commercial volumes of natural gas from shale around the year 2000. www.eia.gov
In many western states including Texas, Colorado and Oklahoma fracking has been associated with earthquakes, contaminated ground water, poor air quality due to seepage and evaporation, and health issues due to chemical contamination of both water and air. The reality is not what was …show more content…
It is Americans inherited right to visit and enjoy the national parks, which sit on split estate grounds, and to help protect these national parks for generations to come. As relayed in the documentary film Gasland, by Josh Fox, “This land was made for you and me.” Fox also poses the question: Can you replace a stream?
What seems to be a recent victory for the people’s voice, is that a Guernsey County Ohio couple was allowed to proceed with their suit against the conservancy district, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and the drilling company, Antero Resources regarding state owned property at Seneca Lake, (AP The Columbus Dispatch (). Judge Tim Horton established that the plaintiffs have suffered or are threatened with direct and concrete injury to their health, to the environment and to the property’s value.
As in this case, American citizens need to speak out on the devastating environmental and health impacts that come from the lack of regulations allowed to big oil and gas companies. And, keep in mind how these impacts will affect not only the present but future generations to
This lack …show more content…
Many fracking supporters saw it as a tradeoff, an answer to the U.S.’s energy dependency on foreign supplies and a clean alternative to fossil fuels. Fracking would also contribute to job creation, lower gas prices and would result in better air quality due to reduced reliance on coal. A hungry economy and the lack of governmental regulation have all contributed to an unhealthy impact on our environment.
Although, natural gas production has been in existence for many decades, the act of hydraulic fracturing on a commercial level is relatively new. Fracking, having been pioneered by the Mitchell Energy and Development Corporation when the company developed a hydraulic fracturing technique that produced large commercial volumes of natural gas from shale around the year 2000. www.eia.gov
In many western states including Texas, Colorado and Oklahoma fracking has been associated with earthquakes, contaminated ground water, poor air quality due to seepage and evaporation, and health issues due to chemical contamination of both water and air. The reality is not what was …show more content…
It is Americans inherited right to visit and enjoy the national parks, which sit on split estate grounds, and to help protect these national parks for generations to come. As relayed in the documentary film Gasland, by Josh Fox, “This land was made for you and me.” Fox also poses the question: Can you replace a stream?
What seems to be a recent victory for the people’s voice, is that a Guernsey County Ohio couple was allowed to proceed with their suit against the conservancy district, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and the drilling company, Antero Resources regarding state owned property at Seneca Lake, (AP The Columbus Dispatch (). Judge Tim Horton established that the plaintiffs have suffered or are threatened with direct and concrete injury to their health, to the environment and to the property’s value.
As in this case, American citizens need to speak out on the devastating environmental and health impacts that come from the lack of regulations allowed to big oil and gas companies. And, keep in mind how these impacts will affect not only the present but future generations to