Fracking: Environmental Consequences

At the end of this course you will be able to: Define hydraulic fracturing and its perceived impact on the publics safety and sense of well-being Identify common objections to drilling operations in terms of their potential effect on human health and comfort Discuss air emissions and the regulations developed to assure the publics ongoing confidence in appropriate safe operations of fracking processes Describe the comparison of factual research the medias handling of information and the public perception of incidents involving fracking operations