Ohio’s early settlers first started extracting resources from the land in the early 19th century, when people mined iron ore and cut down trees to make charcoal. In the mid-19th century, coal production in Ohio began to increase. In Ohio, underground layers of the rock shale hold reserves of natural gas, which can be extracted through wells drilled into the ground. Fracking is used to force the natural gas out of the shale, and is more commonly practice, this is frequently used today. A mixture of water, sand and chemical additives are injected into the ground at a high pressure to break up the shale and force the natural gas upward. Fracking accounted for more than 50 percent of U.S. oil production and nearly 70 percent of gas production in 2015. Source:The Post Author:Alex Meyer / Senior Writer Fracking is more commonly practice, frequently used today . Fracking has many environmental ricks it affects the contamination of groundwater. Methane pollution, air pollution impacts, exposure to toxic chemicals, blowouts due to gas explosion, this all impacts climate change. There are fracking-induced earthquakes that produce workplace safety concerns along with infrastructure degradation.
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