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The Pros And Cons Of Fracking

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Fracking (hydraulic fracturing) in Maryland has been banned but was it ever given a chance? Fracking is a common form of drilling for oil and gas, but this form is not practiced in Maryland due to it being banned by state law. Fracking is conducted by shooting water, sand, and chemicals under extremely high pressure, down an oil well to crack apart the rock and release trapped oil and gas. The downfall to this method is that the water has to go somewhere, and it could it end up in drinking water causing the water to become polluted and potently “poisoned”. Governor Hogan signed Maryland’s fracking ban into law on April 4, 2017. He signed it with having a lot of environmental concerns that could come along with fracking. Some concerns that most people have with fracking are spread of toxins, not knowing what exact chemicals are being used, and that it could be causing small earthquakes. What some people can’t see are all the positive things that come from fracking. There is a lot more access of oil and gas with this process. Compared to using coal the air quality will be so much better. This will reduce our dependency for foreign oil. Which is a good thing, so we won’t have to depend on anyone else to supply us. It will also be saving us money in that aspect. It gives the opportunity for more jobs to become available. This is a …show more content…

As of April 2017, Maryland becomes the third state along with New York and Vermont to ban fracking. One state doing well with fracking is West Virginia. In 2015 2,273 wells were made by fracking. Some things West Virginia has done to make fracking safer for them is by putting in regulations in affect. A few of the regulations are protection of underground and surface water, must report the types of fluids and the volume being used, and spill prevention and clean up. In March 2017 West Virginia started to require that fracking operations must submit a list of the chemicals being

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In addition, there are more downsides to fracking than just water pollution, and that is the pollution of our environment. The condition of our environment is horrendous when fracking is conducted. To add on to that statement, fracking has caused natural gas leakage into the air, marred landscapes, and many more hazards to our environment. Fracking has already caused pollution to the air, and fracking companies have to remove trees, then that takes away more air from our environment. Trees are vital to Earth’s supply of oxygen, and these companies are just taking the air straight out of the lungs of the people.

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The political view on Hydraulic Fracking is very difficult, government officials have to weigh out the economic and health outcomes which can sometimes become very nerve wracking. It is obvious that politicians can never please everyone in this world. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) were unable to prosecute Hydraulic Fracking operations which were under the Safe Drinking Water Act. The companies were able to practice the term Haiburton Loophole which was named after the very first company to legally practice Fracking. EPA unsuccessfully opened and closed possible cases to expose the dangers of Hydraulic Fracking.

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Some people argue that natural gases are environmentally safer because they don 't emit as many harmful chemicals as similar oil products (Loris). However, these people don 't understand or have never been informed of the chemicals that are being forced into the ground water systems right below their very feet. New York is trying to implement new hydraulic fracturing regulations that would allow companies to drill an estimated 48,000 gas wells. Some people argue that New York will use these regulations to benefit both the environment and the economy. In reality, both will suffer if the hydraulic fracturing is used.

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In an environmental perspective, “[a] 2014 New York state health department report…finding serious concerns in areas including respiratory health, drinking water, seismic activity, soil contamination, and impact of new roads and infrastructure on local communities” (James McBride, Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking), cfr.org). Drinking water is at risk of being affected because, as previously mentioned, the opened fractures within the shale bedrock potentially allow wastewater and other chemicals to travel into groundwater. The eruption of increasing seismic activities after a fracking event, as stated by the aforementioned article by McBride, “…is a concern because both the fracking process and the practice of injecting wastewater into deep wells

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