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Fracking - College Term Papers

Fracking

Bandy, Catherine Introduction to Global Studies
Assignment 1, Topic Selection
July 8, 2012

Chapter 5 --- The Natural Environment

Ongoing Global Environmental Challenges is a subset of the chapter in the text which seeks to examine the issues facing the world in terms of vital resources one of which is water.

My interest in this topic comes out of the ongoing conflicts regarding drilling for natural gas in the Pennsylvania mountains. With the process of `fracking' large amounts of chemically treated water are forced into the earth in order to act as a drill into the shale creating openings for the release of natural gas built up beneath the earth. With this process large amounts ...

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questions are being raised as to the feasibility of natural gas drilling in the region. Two competing interests have arisen, the Natural Gas Industry (seeking a reasonably priced alternative to oil) and community organizations (seeking to maintain the health of the aquifer, along with rivers and streams which supply drinking water to the population in the region). While the nearby states of New York and New Jersey have undertaken legislative discussions and implemented stringent requirements to protect the water supply from pollution of fracking, Pennsylvania's elected officials have done little in the way of protecting local water supplies from possible widespread pollution.

I found it interesting that in this chapter, which looks at challenges facing the natural environment, the authors implied that when decisions are made that seem to favor production over environmental concerns,it is because people in the affected area are poor, not well informed, or lack political clout. ...

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Added: 7/20/2012 04:20:40 AM
Submitted By: Rednick
Category: Environment
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 802
Pages: 3

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