Fracking to the Congress

On today's globalized World, news from places thousands of kilometres

from us come in front of our eyes instantly, and on great part of them we can
see that the humankind is confronted to multiple environmental challenges.
We suffer undeniable climate changes which are causing extreme
meteorological phenomena such as draughts and floods, scorching heat
waves and freezing afterwards, and hurricanes and tornados of an
unbelievable magnitude. Out of control consumption of land and energy
resources has made our society a huge producer of wastes and pollution,
and, as a result, we are putting in severe risk many ecosystems, populated
by many nowadays endangered species. Didn't you hear of yet another
ecological disaster in yesterday's late newscast?
In this article, part of a series dedicated to environmental issues, I would
like to focus on Energy, since announcements from the OPEC related to
petroleum production has brought this matter in the limelight. However,
owing to the enormous extent of this topic, and so as not to examine it
lightly, I am just going to discuss fracking and the controversy its use has
created.
Fracking is a gas extraction technique based in high-pressure injection of
water containing special agents into deep parts of the ground in order to let
natural gas or oil flow more freely and make them more easily captured on
the terrain surface.
Although this extraction method has certain advantages, especially from an
economic point of view, some evidence exists that it can have environmental
impact in the region where it is carried out, in the form of ground and water
contamination, air and noise pollution, and, apparently, even the triggering
of earthquakes.
According to experts in this matter, to balance the pros and cons of this
method, several measures can be taken that will probably minimize its
negative effects: exhaustive studies of the geological conditions of the area
before approving its use, obligatory nature of continuous seismic and
pollution monitoring during the process and improvements of geological
and chemical instrumentation devices.
All these criterion and rules should be regulated by law and made to be
obeyed by police and justice. Would you like this kind of industry near you
without prior analysis and permanent monitoring?
All those arguments have made me create a brand new campaign in
Change.org, "Let's take Fracking to the Congress" and, as it is unlikely that
our politicians do anything without public action, I encourage you to
participate in it with your vote and your experiences. Do not fail me!