Air Pollution to Close to WPHS
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Picture: This is a diagram of natural gas drilling.
Summary: Chesapeake Energy wants to build a well that will release harmful gases such as methane, carbon dioxide, formaldehyde and benzene into the air right next to Wheeling Park High School. However, Ben Stout, father of WPHS students, and the Wheeling Jesuit University biology professor told the company to put its well somewhere else, instead of right next to the school. Natural gas drilling can have many harmful effects on the air and can release emissions that can harm human health. Also, since the fracking process uses so much sand, there likely will be silica in the air, which causes respiratory problems. This is why it is a major concern to have gas well built right near a school full of children. The Chesapeake Energy company is now trying to find a place to place their wells rather than right next to the school.
Reaction: I
am glad that Ben Stout did the right thing and stuck up for his beliefs and
children's health. It is wrong of Chesapeake Energy to want to place a gas well
right near a high school, and endanger the health of hundreds of kids. As
stated in the article, gas wells release methane, carbon dioxide, formaldehyde,
and benzene into the air, which can be very toxic and bad for humans. Moving
the Chesapeake Energy's well somewhere else was a great idea and I am proud
that Stout did something about it. I know I wouldn't want gas wells near my
school!
Questions:
1) Would you want a gas well next to your school? Explain.
2) What other problems does this well cause?
3) Do you agree with Stout's decision to try and move the location of the well? Explain.
Questions:
1) Would you want a gas well next to your school? Explain.
2) What other problems does this well cause?
3) Do you agree with Stout's decision to try and move the location of the well? Explain.
Reaction: I think this goes back to the issue of fracking and whether it is actually safe for the environment and the people , animals and plant life living around the site. In our class research, it seems like the energy companies say fracking is useful and safe while the environmentalists have a lot of concerns. In this article, it is good that the school and parents objected and it actually worked. Maybe, it will show others to fight fracking in areas near them.
ReplyDeleteQuestion: Will further protests by people concerned with the process of fracking near their homes make a difference in how energy companies choose the placement of their fracking sites?
Opinion: This brings up another questionable situation for fracking, I don't think the well should go up next to a High school I'm saying its harmful I'm not saying its not. Nobody should take that risk when it is the health of possibly thousands of students at hand. Good for him, standing up for the school. I think it would be wrong for that well to go up.
ReplyDelete!. I would definitely not want a well next to my school, the noise and the possible pollution would not be healthy let alone good for our learning process. I would do everything I could to stop that from happening.
Reaction:
ReplyDeleteI think drilling that close to a school is horrible for the kids who are going there. With drilling for natural gas there comes negative effects. There is some many instances where it pollutes and the students have high exposure to it. This could lead to some illnesses. I agree with Ben Stout standing up to the school.
Question 1:
I wouldn't want a well next to my school because with all of the pollutants it lets go right next to the building, it could lead to some health problems.
Reaction:
ReplyDeleteWhy would they even consider putting a fracking site near a school? That could lead to horrible side effects on the students lives as well as the environment. I understand that land is rich with natural gases, but there are other ways to obtain energy that are safer to put near people.
Expansion:
This is an article about how fracking near towns and schools are outraging citizens.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/06/fracking-colorado-school-vexes-residents_n_1575733.html
Questions:
2) Other problems this will cause are problems with the environment and the surrounding ecosystem.
My Question- Do you think the companies should continue to frack near towns?