Drilling

were many reasons why this should not happen. These reasons included environmental pollution, harm to wildlife, as well as the consumption rates of oil. One negative affect of drilling for oil in Alaska is environmental pollution. In Document E, there are numerous amounts of evidence that help show why oil drilling would be harmful. Similar to what happened in…

are safe and following governmental regulations and laws (Zook). These different safety measures can all decrease the likelihood of future oil spills, they cannot guarantee there will never be one again. The only way to do that would be to stop oil drilling completely, which does not look like it will happen anytime in the near…

in the arctic. (Irwin) Ever since Shell and other companies began to show interest in drilling oil, native communities and environmental groups such as Earthjustice, Alaska Wilderness League and Friends of Earth Climate Campaign have began to protest about the environmental implications that come with obtaining the oil. They claim that given that there are no proper spill recovery measures in place, oil drilling in the Arctic affects the environment/wildlife, animals and native populations who…

to be used for the drilling process. This process is already contributing to the greenhouse gas footprint. Once a drilling rig is set up, a surface hole is then drilled to a depth past the underground aquifer. Steel casing is run into the wellbore and the cement is pumped down to hold it into place. In theory, this is done to protect the aquifer from migrating gas at the completion of the well. A process to be done a few more times with smaller diameter steel casing as drilling continues through…

drama film portrays everyday economic issues of how big cooperation’s and townspeople deal with conflicts within their community. Throughout this film, it demonstrates the positive and negative aspects of the process called fracking, a procedure of drilling down into the ground where water, sand and chemicals are injected into a rock allowing gas to flow out. It highlights how corporates greed too frequently and capably overrides the public’s health and safety. I thought that Promised Land…

parts of drilling around. The term itself is almost as bad for some as racial slanders. Countries have banned the process and even some states such as Colorado have placed embargos on the process until more research is available. Environmental groups storm capitals at the sound of the word demanding more regulations. What many don’t realize is that the oil business has been using the same process for 70 years without any wide spread accidents. Around the world today horizontal drilling and…

change and they don’t want to be so dependent on foreign oil. In wanting fewer imports they don’t realize that means drilling our own soil, and not many places are available for such activities. This leaves places like the ANWR vulnerable to those who are looking for local petroleum. Although the ANWR has large reserves of oil it is a protected wildlife refuge and this is why drilling here becomes a debate. Other people should be informed on issues such as this that concern the environment and…

Jwalant Bhagat Gasland is documentary, which talks about a problem that is currently sweeping the country and promising landowners a quick payoff. Gasland’s Josh Fox discovers hydraulic fracturing, a drilling process. The Bush-Cheney Energy Policy Act of 2005 is an exemption that hydraulic fracturing has from the United States’ most basic environmental regulations. Some regulations include the Clean Air Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act. Josh Fox discovered over a twenty-four investigation…

Horizontal drilling, also known as, fracking is a method of drilling into Shale to extract gas. Shale gas is abundant in the United States, which could mean energy independence. The amount of natural gas in the United States is equivalent to two amounts of oil in Saudi Arabia's. However, this process raises concerns, health concerns in particular. The luxury of drinking water out of the tap has been taken away from communities where fracking has hit. The economic benefits of fracking do not…

If the drilling continues at this rapid pace, we will be met with irreversible results. Groundwater is in a state of distress alongside other water sources in California. It is important to save these sources and especially groundwater for the next generation. Our…