Environmental Health

GasLand (2010)

These questions are all about the file (Gas Land, 2010).
Here is a link to get more information about the file:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasland

Minimum: 2 pages

1) How many chemicals are in the fracking fluid? Approximately how many gallons of water does it take to drill one (1) well?

2) What is produced water? How do they ‘get rid’ of produced water? What hazards does this cause to the environment and to people’s health?

REGULATORY CAPTURE occurs when a regulatory agency, created to act in the public interest, instead advances the commercial or special concerns of interest groups that dominate the industry or sector it is charged with regulating. Regulatory capture is a form of government failure. (Wiki)

3) List one example of Regulatory Capture in the film (Hint: Dick Cheney is involved).

4) When people cannot drink their own well water, where do they get their water?

5) What are your thoughts on the film? Would you be opposed to drilling for natural gas, here in the NW? Comments? Questions?

Minimum: 2 pages

Extra Credit Quiz

1) What is EUTROPHICATION? and name ONE CAUSE?

2) What is the SULFUR CYCLE?

3) What is the DIFFERENCE between PHOTOSYNTHESIS and RESPIRATION?

4) NAME ONE IMPACT of the NITROGEN CYCLE?

5) NAME TWO SOURCES of MERCURY in our ENVIRONMENT?

6) NAME TWO ELEMENTS that SUPPORT PLANTS?

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