If Kincardine agrees to natural gas here, it will come with local fracking..... and they will use the same divide and conquer tactics they did with wind turbines.
What is Fracking? How You Can Help The only way we can stop the dangers of fracking is to ban the practice entirely. TAKE ACTION Fracking, also called “hydraulic fracturing,” is a destructive process that corporations like Halliburton, BP and ExxonMobil use to extract natural gas and oil from rock that lies deep underground. They drill a deep well and inject millions of gallons of toxic fracking fluid – a mix of water, sand and harsh chemicals – at a high enough pressure to fracture the rock and release the oil or gas.
Fracking is exempt from major environmental laws, including the Safe Drinking Water Act, and spills and accidents are far too common.
What’s Wrong With Fracking? The entire process of fracking — from drilling a well to transporting waste — endangers our water and the health of our communities. There is clear evidence of the growing damage caused by fracking:
What is Fracking? How You Can Help The only way we can stop the dangers of fracking is to ban the practice entirely. TAKE ACTION Fracking, also called “hydraulic fracturing,” is a destructive process that corporations like Halliburton, BP and ExxonMobil use to extract natural gas and oil from rock that lies deep underground. They drill a deep well and inject millions of gallons of toxic fracking fluid – a mix of water, sand and harsh chemicals – at a high enough pressure to fracture the rock and release the oil or gas.
Fracking is exempt from major environmental laws, including the Safe Drinking Water Act, and spills and accidents are far too common.
What’s Wrong With Fracking? The entire process of fracking — from drilling a well to transporting waste — endangers our water and the health of our communities. There is clear evidence of the growing damage caused by fracking:
- Some people who live near fracking sites have become seriously ill from drinking contaminated water. Others can light their tap on fire due to the amount of methane in their water.
- The oil and gas industry isn’t required to disclose the chemicals they use in the fracking process, but many are known endocrine disruptors and carcinogens.
- Communities with fracking have seen declines in property values, increases in crime, and losses in local tourism and agriculture.
- Methane, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change, leaks from fracking industry sites.
- http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/fracking/