France – the first country to ban fracking on June 30, 2011 voted 176 to 151 to ban fracking (Fracking.) Vermont, May of 2012 was the first state to ban fracking. Bulgaria was the second country to ban fracking in January of 2012, Bulgarian MPs voted overwhelmingly for a ban on fracking because of huge street protests by environmentalists (Fracking.) April of 2011 South Africa calls halt to fracking (Fracking.) They decided to stop the development until the ecological consequences have been studied (Fracking.) Fracking has been suspended in New South Wales and Australia (Fracking.) Since March of 2012 Eastern Canada shows concern about fracking even though 70% of all gas wells in Canada now use fracking, the treatments remains controversial to the government (Fracking.) Quebec put a freeze on fracking while Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are confined by public backlashes, giving the idea of fracking very unappealing at a political standpoint …show more content…
Also, the water begins to bubble and hiss or fizz like soda, from the methane, causing it to actually ignite if contacted with sparks or fire (What is Fracking?). People living within a half-mile of oil and gas well fracking operations were exposed to air pollutants five times above a federal hazard standard, according to a new Colorado study (What is Fracking?.) Ozone-forming air pollution measured along the Colorado Front Range by scientists is up to twice the amount that government regulators have calculated should exist, according to a new study and Thomas Shelley, a chemical safety and hazardous materials specialist said, drilling activity and traffic create high levels of dust, and methane from venting and flaring contributes to the air pollution (What is fracking?.) These chemicals may combine with nitrogen oxides to form a ground level ozone. The researchers pinpoint oil and gas development as the main source (What is