This story from the Food and Water Watch people should help readers understand just how bad fracking is, both for those who live nearby, and those far away. In 2017, a company applied for the first fracking license in Illinois, and received it, over near unanimous local opposition. In May, Woolsey Operating Company LLC submitted and was granted (after 4 rewrites, 10,000 signatures in opposition, and over 4,000 public comments of concern) the first High Volume Horizontal Hydraulic Fracturing well permit in Illinois.