Imagine an essay built around this claim:

The process known as hydraulic fracturing is touted by the natural gas industry as safe, but environmentalists do not agree with this assessment. Which of the following claim restatements would be most appropriate to start the conclusion paragraph?

A. Debate runs high over the safety of hydraulic fracking, but so far, environmentalists are losing out to the deep pockets of investors in gas energy. B. Natural gas companies are able to drill into previously untapped natural gas reserves to extract gas from shale rock in a process known as fracking. C. Although extracting natural gas from shale in a process called fracking is believed to be safe by industry experts, scientists beg to differ with them. D. Chemicals that are used in the fracking process have been known to leak into aquifers that supply drinking water for residents who live near fracking sites.

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Gabriel

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28 August, 23:28

Imagine an essay built around this claim:

The process known as hydraulic fracturing is touted by the natural gas industry as safe, but environmentalists do not agree with this assessment. Which of the following claim restatements would be most appropriate to start the conclusion paragraph?

A. Debate runs high over the safety of hydraulic fracking, but so far, environmentalists are losing out to the deep pockets of investors in gas energy. B. Natural gas companies are able to drill into previously untapped natural gas reserves to extract gas from shale rock in a process known as fracking. C. Although extracting natural gas from shale in a process called fracking is believed to be safe by industry experts, scientists beg to differ with them. D. Chemicals that are used in the fracking process have been known to leak into aquifers that supply drinking water for residents who live near fracking sites.

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Tiara Blackburn · Answer 1

C. Although extracting natural gas from shale in a process called fracking is believed to be safe by industry experts, scientists beg to differ with them.