Hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, is a method of oil and natural gas extraction that involves injecting fluid into subterranean rock formations at high pressure. According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), since its inception in 1952 in Ohio, more than 80,000 Ohio wells have been stimulated by hydraulic fracturing. Watch a video-Shale gas: an energy resource for the future?

Hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, is a method of oil and natural gas extraction that involves injecting fluid into subterranean rock formations at high pressure. According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), since its inception in 1952 in Ohio, more than 80,000 Ohio wells have been stimulated by hydraulic fracturing. Watch a video-Shale gas: an energy resource for the future?Links to an external site.-Animation of hydraulic fracturing (fracking)– to understand fracking and how it works. While fracking offers economic benefits, possible costs associated with the increased drilling has been recognized. Watch a video –Fracking Hell: The Untold StoryLinks to an external site.– to understand some concerns raised by fracking.

Identify two or three other sources (e.g. news articles, academic journal paper, and government reports) that discusses the economic benefits or various costs of fracking in Ohio. Based on the information you collected, choose your position in a debate over whether Ohio should tighten permits around hydraulic fracturing or not. Write a five-paragraph argumentative essay to debate your position and support it with the evidence collected during research (a five-paragraph argumentative essay consists of (a) an introductory paragraph (b) three evidentiary body paragraphs that may include discussion of opposing views and (c) a conclusion.). Find more instructions on argumentative essays at https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/academic_writing/essay_writing/argumentative_essays.html