Memo+10+-+Structuring+a+Project

Legal and Legislative
 * Energy Policy Act of 2005
 * Zoning Laws
 * Safe Drinking Water Act

Technological
 * 1980s/early 90s – George Mitchell combines horizontal drilling with hydraulic fracturing, allowing access to the natural gas within the Barnett Shale
 * Chemicals leaking into wells
 * Disclosure of fracking fluids
 * Development of flaring practices

Economic
 * Recession
 * Instability of oil prices

Social Political Cultural Natural
 * Industry relations with fracked communities
 * Sharing of information through social media
 * Gasland vs. Truthland, Gasland II
 * Desire for “energy independence”
 * Lobbying efforts of oil and gas industry
 * Zoning ?
 * Climate change and cleaner energy
 * Industry control over country
 * Poor, rural, communities targeted by industry
 * Movement of young adults out of rural areas (seeking education, employment, etc)
 * Climate change