It’s been a fun semester, and we would like to thank everyone that’s been involved including Professor Kazempour and Kathleen from Blue Marsh. We learned a lot during this project. It takes a lot of hard work to keep a place like Blue Marsh going. Just in case you would like to help out, you can contact them at : 610-376-6337. We also learned a lot from out research of Fracking. Its hard to believe that in total they use 72 trillion gallons of water and pump 360 billion chemicals into the ground, which by the way are mostly non biodegradable! ill leave you with this question, is the environmental impact caused by Fracking really worth the economic gain? Thanks again for such a great Semester!

 

Our team is currently researching Fracking. Fracking is the process of drilling and injecting fluid at high pressure. It fractures shale rocks with releases the natural gas inside. How does this have an environmental impact? Well each job takes 1-8 million gallons of water, and uses up to 600 chemicals. Now that may not sound that bad, but there are 500,000 sites in the US which amounts to about 72 trillion gallons of water and 360 billions gallons of chemical!

Hello Everyone, we are the Fantastic Four and we finally had our meeting with Kathleen at Blue Marsh! We have decided that we will be helping in trail rehabilitation. This will encompass taking out Railroad Ties that were put in previously to stop the trail from eroding away. We keep you updated on out progress!