Hello again!
This past week has mainly consisted of maneuvering through the correct channels for IRB, as well as utilizing new tools to create timelines and maps. Claire and I began our week with planning. Together, we pulled together a list of the different concepts we wish to have on our website. After brainstorming ideas further, we decided to move forward with setting up interviews and clearing our project with the IRB committee on our campus. As it turns out, our Psychology professor from last semester is the chairperson for the IRB committee! After emailing him, we planned a time to meet with him in person sometime this week. Further more, we were introduced to Dr. Guignard at our honor program’s socials this past Thursday. After speaking with him about our project, we asked if we could conduct an interview with him. He was very willing and we scheduled the interview for mid-October to give us time to process IRB forms and develop questions to ask. We also plan to speak with the local Lions Club later this month as a way to speak with community members and gather their opinions on fracking in the area.
While Claire worked on the timeline, I constructed a map of the impacts of fracking reported by farmers in northern Pennsylvania.
During my research, I stumbled upon an article referring to a 30-foot methane and water geyser at a well in Tioga county, owned by Shell. I hope to research this event further and learn about the direct impacts to the community. After reading about all of the negative aspects of fracking, we hope to find the opposing viewpoint in support of fracking. I think the most difficult challenge for us is finding support for fracking since there is an abundance of negative publicity.
References:
Colaneri, Katie. “What became of the quarantined cows in Tioga County?” NPR, NPR, 4 Dec. 2013. Accessed 11 Sept. 2017.
Detrow, Scott. “Tioga County Methane Migration: Onetime Geyser Being Brought Under Control.” NPR, NPR, 22 June 2012. Accessed 11 Sept. 2017.
Detrow, Scott. “Tracking Tioga County Wells With Our Shale Play App.” NPR, NPR, 27 June 2012. Accessed 11 Sept. 2017.
Lisak, Jenny. “List of the Harmed PA Farms and Farmers.” Pennsylvania Alliance for Clean Water and Air, 13 Jan. 2016. Accessed 11 Sept. 2017.
Thanks , I’ve recently been searching for info approximately this topic for a
while and yours is the best I’ve found out till now. However, what about the bottom line?
Are you positive about the source?
Hello! I just updated my references on the post! I had forgotten to include them originally, but they are updated now! My partner and I are looking further into the topic. We will be conducting research throughout our college semester and I will be updating this blog regularly. I hope the references help!
I really like how your blog is looking as well as the topic you have chosen. I haven’t personally looked in depth into the pros and cons of Fracking or the affect on the environment, So your project, is helping me become more aware of this issue in our country. Your my map is awesome because it helped to put a spatial representation of the conflict in your region for people that haven’t been to northern Pennsylvania.