Grant Interview

The article that Daniel Simmons talked in was for fracking and how its a art that has been practiced for many of years. Also, how in one year we increased our access to natural gas in the US by 66%. Daniel states that the accusations about fracking and contaminating ground water are not false but have not been proven scientifically just environmental activists trying to show bad things in something good for the country. Simmons says that fracking has a bright future because of the new technology coming around and the fact that we were the largest producer of natural gas. This interview provided good information about the upside of fracking.

D. Simmons, internet, February 4, 2015

Interview

In the interview with Ted Gish we learned a lot more information about fracking.  We learned how the process of fracking is done, and what is put in the mixture for the water shot down. The process begins with a well tower being built and then have a hot water mixture mixed with organic chemicals that are known to be harmful. With this process being done, Ted believes that the ground water table will eventually be damaged because of the chemicals being pumped in and that isn't properly extracted. This interview was very informational because it provide a lot of unknown fact about fracking and as a professor he made a prediction for the future.

T. Gish, personal communication, February 3, 2015

Project Report, UR-UNC-UC Supplement 2012-13

This article interviews government, business, community leaders, land owners, educators and environmental activists who had experience or spent the time researching about unconventional natural gas development (UNGD). The UNGD are researching fracking that was taking place in their community or state. The results were put into a table about who supported and who apposed the UNGD methods. Also, described in the article was the health concerns with the water, air, and health issues suffered by people that live in the areas where the methods were practiced. This article will be useful when writing the paper.


S. Korfmacher, K. Gray, K. Haynes, E. (2014, January). Health impacts of unconventional natural gas development Retrieved from: http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/MediaLibraries/URMCMedia/environmental-health-sciences-center/COEC/documents/UNGD-information-needs-asssessment-Final-project-report-091514.pdf

ENVIRONMENTS & HEALTH

This article talks about situations all over the country where people who live near sites of drilling are suffering from series health issues. Also, all the health risks hydraulic fracturing (fracking) causes to people around the drilling sites and the workers at the drilling site. Next, described are the air, water, and occupational hazards. This is a good source for learning about the health risks due to fracking and I will probably use it if health risks are talked about.

Kaktins, N., McDermott, R., & Sattler, B. ( 2013, June). Fracking, the environment, and health. AJN. Retrieved from http://www1.villanova.edu/content/dam/villanova/sustainability/McD-LFrackingEnvironmentHealth.pdf

Fracking

This article talks about how fracking works, it was published by Chemistry Views, an academic publication cite. It gives a brief explanation of how the process works. The main focus on how fracking works is it creates fractures in the shale formation to release the gas underneath the surface of the earth. Water is shot down, and it is approximately seven to fifteen million liters of water used per well. The well is the other term for the drilling site. The water is usually mixed with quartz sand and three to twelve chemicals, which are kept secret by the companies. This article provides a lot of good information and will be useful for later projects. 

Köster, V. (2013, February 5). What is shale gas? How does fracking work? Retrieved January 28, 2015, from http://www.chemistryviews.org/details/education/1316813/What_is_Shale_Gas_How_Does_Fracking_Work.html

Government Suppress Information

In an article published by the Inter Press Service show the extremes that the companies have taken keep the public out of the loop on whats really happening. This article is stating that extreme measures have been taken in order to suppress evidence on hydraulic fracturing or fracking. A family in Pennsylvania has reached a settlement with a energy fracking company for an undisclosed amount. The most unexpected outcome of the settlement was a gag order on the family, which included two children of the ages seven and ten, which prohibit them from talking about living close to the fracking site at any point in their life. This seems to be an okay article, it provides a good controversy topic for fracking.

Metzker, J. (2013, August 7). Government, energy industry accused of suppressing fracking dangers. Retrieved January 28, 2015, from http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/08/govt-energy-industry-accused-of-suppressing-fracking-dangers/

New York Ban

The article talks about the fracking ban in New York. The Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York announced to the state and the world that the state of New York would ban hydraulic fracturing. The reasoning behind this decision was because of the lack of scientific data on fracking, and that it is an unproven reliable source for energy. Earlier in the year, Governor Cuomo was behind fracking in his state, he believed that fracking would work as an economic stimulus. It would also reduce the carbon emissions because they could shut down coal plants. This article has good information, and provides both views on the topic at hand.


Conca, J. (2014, December 27). New York fracking ban contrary to state's energy future. Retrieved January 27, 2015, from http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2014/12/27/new-york-fracking-ban-contrary-to-states-energy-future/