Fracking: Lobbying Blog Post #3
This is actually a very good year for lobbying against tracking. It is actually surprising how well it is going. Awareness of the issue is rising at a very fast rate. More and more people are being affected by fracking and the hardships that it is putting down on them. More people are complaining about water contamination, sickness, and unemployment (as I mentioned n the first blog post) and people are taking action. Fracking is being debated in many places. Recently, in Burmingham fracking was debated in a three hour hearing in which more than 1000 people attended, and only 63 people got to contribute to the decision against fracking. This hearing was one of eight that have happened so far. On top of that, hours before the actual hearing, the crowd rallied against fracking. Some opponents are certain companies and coalitions that are trying to say that all the claims about fracking having negative impacts are all overblown and over-exaggerated. Companies also try to say that fracking has been used safely for years and their is a small chance it has negative affects. Nevertheless, many citizens are fighting against fracking and trying to get their points across.
Something that is huge in the lobbying against franking topic is just a day ago the Environmental Protection Agency started talking about plans to start developing rules and regulations that require all makers/processors of chemicals used in the oil/gas industry to submit all records on those chemicals. On top of that, they also have to submit health/safety studies on those specific chemicals. The whole thing started with concern on fracking fluid and the chemicals that it is made up of. The EPA also wants specifications on fracking fluid especially to help come to certain conclusions. This is great because it not only will give us more information on the chemicals used in certain fluids, but their will be much more oversight on things such as fracking fluid and may conclude fracking in many areas. Another thing is other areas and states are starting to take action and finally make actual decisions on fracking. There is a decision soon to come from a debate in which fracking would be stopped in the Delaware River Basin. This is good because once one place stops fracking, others may follow.
There is definitely some key players that would be essential to the outcome. One of those people would be Mayor Nutter because it would definitely increase support. His support is very powerful. Also having my Pennsylvania Senate Christine Tartaglione and my House of Representative John Sabatina would increase support especially since they already have had some impact on this subject. Many people are working on this especially some government officials and groups/citizens in support for lobbying against fracking. There are many hearings coming up in the next month or so so that will help clear things up and also the EPA rule that I mentioned a bit earlier will definitely have a good impact in which it would clear up more on the true affect of fracking and whether it should be stopped. Specific dates are yet to be announced, but lobbying against fracking is really heading in the right direction.
Something that is huge in the lobbying against franking topic is just a day ago the Environmental Protection Agency started talking about plans to start developing rules and regulations that require all makers/processors of chemicals used in the oil/gas industry to submit all records on those chemicals. On top of that, they also have to submit health/safety studies on those specific chemicals. The whole thing started with concern on fracking fluid and the chemicals that it is made up of. The EPA also wants specifications on fracking fluid especially to help come to certain conclusions. This is great because it not only will give us more information on the chemicals used in certain fluids, but their will be much more oversight on things such as fracking fluid and may conclude fracking in many areas. Another thing is other areas and states are starting to take action and finally make actual decisions on fracking. There is a decision soon to come from a debate in which fracking would be stopped in the Delaware River Basin. This is good because once one place stops fracking, others may follow.
There is definitely some key players that would be essential to the outcome. One of those people would be Mayor Nutter because it would definitely increase support. His support is very powerful. Also having my Pennsylvania Senate Christine Tartaglione and my House of Representative John Sabatina would increase support especially since they already have had some impact on this subject. Many people are working on this especially some government officials and groups/citizens in support for lobbying against fracking. There are many hearings coming up in the next month or so so that will help clear things up and also the EPA rule that I mentioned a bit earlier will definitely have a good impact in which it would clear up more on the true affect of fracking and whether it should be stopped. Specific dates are yet to be announced, but lobbying against fracking is really heading in the right direction.
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