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Environmental management
The Water Permitting Board
Natural gas represents an important resource within the United States and more efforts are made to create energy sustainability using the resource. Still, the creation of a Schuylkill Energy LLC power plant and gas drilling facility in Mock County is not hereby a recommended course of action.
The arguments in support of this recommendation are drawn from the specialized literature; are all objective and based on scientific facts. The dangers to gas drilling are far too significant for the population and the environment and they are real, even if only visible in the long-term.
Another problem associated with gas processing and drilling is represented by the lack of contingency plans and alternative solutions in case energy situations materialize. In such a setting then, it is recommended to focus on solar and wind energy generation, and to integrate more scientific findings in the processes involving natural gas.
Literature review
The impact of the energy industry upon the health of both humans as well as the surrounding environment has represented a common concern for the members of the academia. And sufficient evidence has been promoted to reveal the negative impacts of gas drilling and production for the health of humans, animals and the environment.
Theo Colborn, Carol Kwiatkowski, Kim Schultz and Mary Bachran (2011) recognize the importance of gas drilling, as well as the difficulty in ensuring health and environmental responsibility and sustainability in gas drilling processes. Nonetheless, they argue that it is necessary for more controls to be conducted and for more disclosure to be created. The rationale for their recommendation is based on the negative impacts which can be caused by the substances used in the drilling for natural gas. According to the four authors then:
- More than 75 per cent of the substances used to drill for gas could cause skin conditions. The same substances could also impact the eyes and the other sensory organs (years, nose and so on), but could also cause damage to the respiratory and gastrointestinal systems.
- An estimated 40 up to 50 per cent of the substances tested by the authors had the potential of affecting the health of the brain, the nervous system, the immune system, the kidneys and the cardiovascular system.
- One quarter of the assessed substances could cause cancer or severe mutations.
Another notable source of information is represented by the work of Madelon L. Finkel, (PhD) and Adam Law, Medical Doctor (2011). The two researchers recognize the potential of natural gas to represent an alternative form of energy, but argue that the technique used in drilling it is in fact dangerous for the population.
The technique to which the two authors refer is represented by horizontal drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing of shale (fracking) and this technology is quite new and promoted as safer for the environment. Still, the two authors argue that the substances it uses do create negative implications for the health of the population.
" However, this technique poses a threat to the environment and to the public's health.
There is evidence that many of the chemicals used in fracking can damage the lungs, liver, kidneys, blood, and brain" (Finkel and Law, 2011).
A similar finding is presented by James M. Inhofe and Frank Fannon (2005), who point out the complexity and ambiguity of the method, especially in the context of the legislative hurdles surrounding the drilling techniques.
Another notable source of information is represented by the study of Stephen G. Osborn, Avner Vengosh, Nathaniel R. Warner and Robert B. Jackson (2011). The three authors have conducted a complex study targeted at the specific implications of gas drilling on water. Their findings are irrefutable and they distinctively reveal the threats posed by drilling on water pollution and the subsequent...
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