Bailey Beland

Professor Gutierrez

UL100

14 April 2019

Annotated Bibliography

“Fracking's Environmental Impacts: Water.” Greenpeace USA,

www.greenpeace.org/usa/global-warming/issues/fracking/environmental-impacts-water/.

Accessed 11 Apr. 2019.

The author of this source talks about how water is used in the fracking process and the amount of

it. The article also tells about what goes into the water to make the fracking fluid and how some

companies hide the list of chemicals that are used in their toxic concoction. The article also

focuses on how the fracking fluid can contaminate the ground surrounding the well and how

companies dispose of the fracking fluid once it comes back up. This article will be good to use in

several places. Once place that this article would fit in is when giving numbers to how much

water is used. Another would be for how companies can bend the truth around what is used in

the process.

“Deep Injection Wells: How Drilling Waste is Disposed Underground.” NPR,

https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/tag/deep-injection-well/. Accesses 11 Apr. 2019.

The article is about how the fracking fluid is stored once it comes back up from the well. This is

called produced water and it is stored by pouring it down into another well called a deep

injection well or a “disposal well”. These wells are regulated by the Environmental Protection
Agency and companies are to notify them if a well is leaking. This article would be good to use

when talking about how fracking fluid is disposed of. “No fracking is permitted with deep well

injections. The wells are cased, and the waste water is sent thousands of feet below the surface,

usually to a sandstone, or limestone formation” this quote describes the process well.

“Natural Gas: Not a Healthy or Climate-Protective Solution for the Clean Power

Plan.” Physicians for Social Responsibility, 1 Feb. 2016,

www.psr.org/blog/resource/natural-gas-not-a-healthy-or-climate-protective-solution-for-

the-clean-power-plan/. Accesses 11 Apr. 2019.

This article has a lot of information in it that pertains to fracking. It addresses subjects from

climate impact, to health issues, to how natural gas may not be the best choice for a source of

energy in the long run. This article is well put together and offers a lot of information in one

spot. This article would be good for talking about the health-related affects related to natural gas.

It tells the reader about the diseases that can be obtained because of fracking.

“Natural Gas: Not a Healthy or Climate-Protective Solution for the Clean Power

Plan.” Physicians for Social Responsibility, 1 Feb. 2016,

www.psr.org/blog/resource/natural-gas-not-a-healthy-or-climate-protective-solution-for-

the-clean-power-plan/. Accesses 14 Apr. 2019.

This article talks about the emissions of fossil fuels and how all is not what is seems. That

natural gas is just a replacement fossil fuel for coal. The article also talks about methane and gas
leaks at fracking sites, citing the leak at Aliso Canyon in 2015. This article can be used when

talking about gas leaks and the effects it has on the environment. This source is unlike the others

because it has a focus on gas leaks.

Foran, Clare. “How Many Jobs Does Fracking Really Create?” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media

Company, 14 Apr. 2014, www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/04/how-many-jobs-

does-fracking-really-create/445227/. Accessed 14 Apr. 2019.

Foran talks about the amount of jobs created by gas companies citing Marcellus Oil and Shale

company. But she also points out that the numbers are not as they seem. Companies inflate their

numbers to seem more important than they really are. This article is different from the rest

because it is about how many jobs oil and gas companies really give out. I can use this article

when talking about why oil and gas companies are not as needed as they make them seem.