Fracking is a process that causes protest in states around the country, though it has positive and negative effects. A recent advancement in technology has created an increase in oil and gas production. It also caused an increase in the runoff and release of chemicals into the air and water. This generated a notable increase in the popularity of wells across several cities and towns. Hazardous chemicals used in the process of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling is prompting resources such as water to become infected hazardous for animals and soil to become infiltrated with chemicals, tracing into bodies of water. Also, the release of various chemicals into the atmosphere started processes that are essential to Global Warming. These
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For example, the “Clean Air Act” was put in place to reduce the probability of airborne emission of chemicals such as ammonia and methane. This will not cause current or future illness of these small communities that are in close proximity of these oil extraction sites. The “Clean Water Act”, an act to ensure that bodies of water are not infected by chemicals and remain in a stable state that is not harmful wildlife, or plants that rely on these bodies of water. Organizations like the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) create the guidelines to ensure that the resources that make up the environment continues to replenish resources that are essential to the health of ecosystems. This effort by the EPA has forced major fracking cities to state the rights of its citizens like those in Denton, Texas. This effort resulted in a citizen-oriented petition that “Treated hydraulic fracturing as a business practice that was incompatible with the health, safety, and welfare of Denton residents” (Briggle 2015). In order for the petition to become city authorization they had to “receive 13,000 votes” and also face the opposition from counter-parties who supported the process of fracking and justified it through the thought that it benefits the economy. Which still does not give the right to …show more content…
Briggle (2015) suggest that the government is running an experiment on these small communities of humans. Briggle’s “anti- fracking” group consisted of “taxpayers” that did not want their money being used as a pawn to build oil wells that would harm other people. On their trail to success they had to encounter opposition from other councilmen such as Tom Giovannetti, who basically tried to intimidate the “no fracking” group led by Briggle, saying that they had “chickened out” in one of their scheduled meetings. This act shows incompetency and an effort to intimidate those who are trying to save a generation from a pollution-prone ecosystem. In the case of Cathy McCullen “one of her neighbor’s cows died after consuming drilling fluids” (Briggle
For example, the “Clean Air Act” was put in place to reduce the probability of airborne emission of chemicals such as ammonia and methane. This will not cause current or future illness of these small communities that are in close proximity of these oil extraction sites. The “Clean Water Act”, an act to ensure that bodies of water are not infected by chemicals and remain in a stable state that is not harmful wildlife, or plants that rely on these bodies of water. Organizations like the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) create the guidelines to ensure that the resources that make up the environment continues to replenish resources that are essential to the health of ecosystems. This effort by the EPA has forced major fracking cities to state the rights of its citizens like those in Denton, Texas. This effort resulted in a citizen-oriented petition that “Treated hydraulic fracturing as a business practice that was incompatible with the health, safety, and welfare of Denton residents” (Briggle 2015). In order for the petition to become city authorization they had to “receive 13,000 votes” and also face the opposition from counter-parties who supported the process of fracking and justified it through the thought that it benefits the economy. Which still does not give the right to …show more content…
Briggle (2015) suggest that the government is running an experiment on these small communities of humans. Briggle’s “anti- fracking” group consisted of “taxpayers” that did not want their money being used as a pawn to build oil wells that would harm other people. On their trail to success they had to encounter opposition from other councilmen such as Tom Giovannetti, who basically tried to intimidate the “no fracking” group led by Briggle, saying that they had “chickened out” in one of their scheduled meetings. This act shows incompetency and an effort to intimidate those who are trying to save a generation from a pollution-prone ecosystem. In the case of Cathy McCullen “one of her neighbor’s cows died after consuming drilling fluids” (Briggle