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/

EPA Bob Perciasepe Testimony

This is a testimony of and EPA official, which was published in April of 2011. In this Testimony, Bob Perciasepe, a deputy of administration at the EPA, is discussing how fracking is damaging the environment. With fracking it put stress on the surface water and groundwater supplies when large quantities of water is used in the drilling process. With fracking the air quality is impaired from the hazardous air pollutants such as benzene and the potent greenhouse gases methane. This source has provided good information, and will be good to use in the future on the paper and other projects.



Testimony of Bob Perciasepe Deputy Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency before the Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate. (April 12, 2011). retrieved from http://www.epa.gov/ocir/hearings/testimony/112_2011_2012/2011_0412_bp.pdf