May 23, 2013

Contaminant Characterization of Effluent from Pennsylvania Brine Treatment

University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health 

EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study Technical Workshop 3, Fate and Transport March 28-29, 2011, EPA Potomac Yards Conference Facility

Implications for Disposal of Oil and Gas Flowback Fluids from Brine Treatment Plants

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Global Climate Change and Children’s Health: Threats and Strategies for Prevention

Perry E. Sheffield and Philip J. Landrigan,
Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 119

 Background: Global climate change will have multiple effects on human health. Vulnerable populations—children, the elderly, and the poor—will be disproportionately affected.

Objective: We reviewed projected impacts of climate change on children’s health, the pathways involved in these … Continue reading

Methane and the greenhouse-gas footprint of natural gas from shale formations

Robert W. Howarth · Renee Santoro · Anthony Ingraffea

We evaluate the greenhouse gas footprint of natural gas obtained by high volume hydraulic fracturing from shale formations, focusing on methane emissions. Natural gas is composed largely of methane, and 3.6% to 7.9% of the methane from shale-gas production escapes to … Continue reading

Does natural gas drilling make people sick?

David Frey, High Country News

Residents of Battlement Mesa, a sprawling housing development in western Colorado, are used to seeing the golf course from their windows, not gas rigs. But when an energy company announced plans to start drilling inside the subdivision, residents became concerned not just about the noise Continue reading

EPA Investigates PA DEP

Shawn Garvin, Regional Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

To: Michael Krancer
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

Dear Secretary Krancer:

The natural gas industry in Pennsylvania has grown with remarkable speed as the development ofthe Marcellus Shale proceeds. Natural gas is a key part of our energy independent future, … Continue reading