Hydraulic fracturing is a method of obtaining oil and natural gas from deep areas of the earth by extracting very deep into the ground and injecting a fluid into the ground at high pressure to fracture the rock. When rock is fractured, natural gas is released and harvested by large hydraulic fracturing plants (Brooks, 2013). Although this process is an effective way to obtain energy sources, it is a very controversial subject and is therefore not widely used around the world. Hydraulic fracturing works very well and provides effective results, but the mining technique has many drawbacks that have caused many people to adopt anti-fracking positions. The main argument against fracking is that it has environmental downsides, because it uses immense amounts of water, infects the earth with dangerous chemicals, and releases methane into the atmosphere. Although many of the environmental downsides of hydraulic fracturing have been proven, the benefits of the energy source outweigh the downsides. Hydraulic fracturing had been practiced in America for a long time before the controversy over it began. The first time similar hydraulic fracturing was carried out in America was in the 1860s, when high-pressure liquids were injected into rock wells on drilling platforms in Pennsylvania, New York, Kentucky and West Virginia (Brooks, 2013). This method was used occasionally in various wells over the next two decades, with little development of the technique. The first major development of the method took place in 1930 when non-explosive fluids were injected into the ground rock. The fluid disintegrated part of the rock, creating pockets through which natural gas was able to rise to the surface (Elias, 2013). After this, the next major development occurred in 1947 when Stanolind Oil, an oil company, injected paper into hydraulic fracturing plants to maintain air quality above a certain purity level. times. Most laws are in the same vein of environmental awareness. A bill was recently passed to expedite the start of fracking in the state. Because so much time has passed without any rig installations, Illinois oil companies and their associates are tired of waiting. Mark Denzler, vice president of the Illinois Manufcaterer's Association, says, "We were extremely disappointed that we waited a year to put rules in place and then nothing" (Wernau, 2014). So, since Illinois has yet to build any fracking facilities, the best (and only) thing it can do right now is make sure it learns from other states' mistakes . Illinois must do its best to implement a smart, effective set of guidelines to control fracking facilities and make them environmentally safe..