Medicine & TechnologyDespite its many environmental and health risks, the practice of carbon dioxide flooding remains rampant in the oil industry with its benefits to crude production.
The US government's continued open access to drill oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge could harm natives hunting as well as animal populations like caribou and wolves. Animals like birds and polar bears are also vulnerable to oil spills.
A recent study about the impact of hydraulic fracturing in West Virginia water reserve shows that although the practice does not affect the ground water, but it contaminates the surface water.