Fracking

I recently studied the issue of fracking when writing my Essay 2. I was focusing on fracking specifically in North Carolina, but it seems that this issue is taking place all over the place. In this article Lustgarten points out that many of the previous points made concerning fracking are contradicted. Many of these points that stated that the fracking process was safe have been proven wrong. Supporters of fracking have tried to make points that hydrologic pressure would naturally force fluids down instead of up has been proven wrong because obviously environmental officials have now linked water pollution in central Wyoming to the drilling process. I was excited to read that since these findings, this could be a turning point in the national debate concerning water contamination and fracking. This could help to form how the country regulates and develops these resources across the Eastern Appalachian states which would include North Carolina. These new findings will definitely become a heated debate as congress works to regulate fracking. I am interested to see the outcome of Congress’ work. I found it interesting that residents began complaining of water contamination in the mid-1990s, as it got worse in 2004 and this information is just now making it to the news and being addressed by congress. I also found it interesting that these gas companies were supplying replacement drinking water to these residents; I feel like this was just a way to shut the residents up in order for them to continue fracking. Of course, executives in the in the gas company world are denying that any of this contamination could be their fault and they want to blame it on natural causes. I am not surprised that they will still not except what they are causing and try to fix it. These companies seem to be extremely selfish.  I also thought it was weird that EnCana would not give federal officials a detailed breakdown of each compound that is used underground. That in itself proves that he knows there are many issues with what the company is doing.