No Fracking in California

• California is suffering from a 5-year draught making water an incredibly precious recourse for residents. • California residents are making water conservation a top priority. • Problem – Hydraulic Fracturing for natural gas contaminates ground and surface water as a result of chemical use while using millions of gallons of water in the process. How fracking effects our water: a) A vertical well requires anywhere from 50,000 to 350,000 gallons of water to drill. (Weinstein 2013, 886) b) A horizontal

In accordance with the Article Mordick, Briana. "California Scientists find numerous Threats from Oil & Gas Development, Major Data Gaps." after the two recent reports released in July 1st 2015 extracting oil and gas in California more known as hydraulic fracturing can indeed bring great economical benefits such as lower taxes, decrease dependency on foreign oil, investment but most of all can also result in a range of impacts to not only humans health but the environment itself. Even though the

Fracking for the Future California is the third largest in fuel consumption on earth, behind the U.S. and all of China, and with this demand needing to be met and a diminishing supply of fossil fuels, comes the rise of a new revolution, natural gas. With the start of the industrial revolution came the beginning of the use of fossil fuels. Thus, making the United States overly dependent on a limited resource that was also harming our environment. Over the past few decade, nations around the world

discovery. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a method of extracting oil and gases by drilling deep underground. A water based mixture, consisting of millions of gallons of water, sand, and chemicals, is injected at high pressures, fracturing rocks and allowing these oils to be collected. Fracking has been documented in several California counties, ranging from urban cities, such as Los Angeles, to rural areas in Central Valley. The underlying question is whether fracking should continue, as it provides

Fracking, or high-volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing, is the process by which natural gas and oil is extracted from deep underground rock. A mixture of chemicals, water and sand is forced against the rock with such high pressure that it fractures the formations of rock, releasing trapped bubbles of natural gas and oil. In many places in the U.S. including California, are using alternative forms of safe power. In many places it is believed natural gas and oil is a good source of energy, but the

determines how much influence they have over other countries as well as the global economy. This is why hydraulic fracturing is currently such an important and controversial topic in the United States. Hydraulic fracturing, more commonly known as "fracking" or hydrofracturing, is the process of using pressurized liquids to fracture rocks and release hydrocarbons such as shale gas, which burns more efficiently than coal. This booming process of energy production provides a much needed economic boost

process called fracking. Fracking is the direct result of energy companies using cutting edge technologies to combine the processes of traditional hydraulic drilling and horizontal drilling, which allows us to effectively harvest natural gas here in the United States Over the past few years fracking has stirred controversy and ignited heated debates over the potential risks the process poses to the environment and to our health. Gas companies continuously assure the public that fracking

Paragraph 1: Fracking, also known as hydraulic fracturing, is a method designed to extract oil and gas from shale rock. According to Susan L. Brantley and Anna Meyendorff from the article, The Facts on Fracking, “The word fracking comes from the fracturing that occurs when the high-pressure water is injected into the rock. The process of fracking is accomplished by drilling into the earth where a mixture of high-pressure water is drilled into the rock causing the gas to be released.” The high-pressure

There are many industries being affected in the state of California due to its exceptional drought. It seems that every industry is being affected by the drought in one way or another. On one hand, industries like agriculture are being forced to cut down on their necessary water usage; On the other hand, industries like oil are being looked over while they waste massive amounts of water and only make the drought worse. How can they do this? How can they take away water from another industry in an

Environmental Impacts of Fracking In 2011, a report released by the International Energy Agency claims the world is entering the “Golden Age of Gas.” The report shows that, with the increasing projects of fracking, gas use will escalate 50 percent and replace coal to become the second largest fuel by the year of 2035 (IEA). Correspondingly, one study illustrates the increased practice of fracking has brought $ 74 billion economic gain per year since 2007 (Dews). Also, one oil company claims that