We Want Clean Water - 1550 Words

We want clean water In America, many practices take place that the majority of people are not aware of, and corporations who do promote their latest adventures to the public do not reveal the whole truth about their objectives, positive and negative. The American people get confused and wonder why they must investigate American companies in order to separate the lies from the truth. The Oil and Gas Industry have been fracking, a process that has been met with controversy, to obtain natural gas and with this process comes profit and harm done to others by way of polluting the air, contamination in water, using large amounts of fresh water per well and damaging land. These industries are exempted from the Safe Drinking Water Act by†¦show more content†¦Hydraulic Fracturing or Fracking is a way to fracture rocks by injecting pressurized fluids followed by sand to keep the fractures open, in order to extract natural gas (methane), coal seam gas (methane), or petroleum (Oxford Dictionary). Fracking requires a large amount of freshwater, which causes environmental problems. There is a Halliburton loophole that allows companies to do what they want because it exempts fracking from state water use regulations. Fracking in this manner has given the Oil and Gas industries some advantages, such as increased accessibility, greater efficiency and it costs less. As this process increases energy production, the energy becomes cheaper to access, which lowers manufacturing costs and in the end the profits rise for companies (CNN,Richard Quest). Environmentalists argue that fracking can cause earthquakes, contaminates water, pollutes the air and is a problem for Americans using freshwater. In the last ten years of fracking, America’s economy has been progressive with the oil and gas industry contributing to billions of dollars put into it as well as providing jobs for workers. There are many states that allow and use fracking wells, such as Colorado, Kansas, Texas, Tennessee, Louisi ana, Mississippi, Pennsylvania and many more. Each state relates to one another because fracking is happening near families who live near these drilling sites, and they have all experienced health issues that they did not have