What is Hydraulic Fracking? Hydraulic Fracking is a type of drilling that has been used commercially for 65 years. The combination used for fracking is horizontal drilling, employ cutting-edge technologies. It's a way of liberating reserves of natural gas that are locked within shale formations deep below the surface. Because shale is not very porous, gas does not travel through the rock easily. I picked Hydraulic Fracking as my issue because it has a really big impact Inhuman health and countries in our society today, like other issues there's a lot more information but fracking just really intrigued me because I've never heard about it before unlike deforestation and groundwater contamination.
Across the world, fracking is contaminating drinking water, making nearby families sick with air pollution, and turning forest acres into a no trespassing zones. Yet the oil and gas industry is pushing to expand this dirty drilling—to new states and even near critical drinking water supplies for millions of Americans. We need to show massive public support to stop the oil and gas industry from fracking our future. Help stop fracking by calling on your Congress/prime minister to close the loopholes that…show more content… The nation's rivers and coasts have been polluted by industrial and agricultural contaminants and its lakes contaminated by acid rain. In 2001 the nation had 160 cu km of renewable water resources with 53% used in farming activity and 33% used for industrial purposes. Italy's cities have produce 19.1 million tons of solid waste per year. It ahs also affected the amount of animals that are still living In Italy . Italy's mammal species, 10 are endangered, as well as 7 bird species and 202 plant species. Endangered species include the Italian grey partridge, Italian spadefoot toad, and the scarce large blue and false ringlet butterflies. The Sardinian pika and Spengler's freshwater mussel are
