June 1, 2010

Gas Pains

Pennsylvania, reeling from a budget crisis, exploits—at any and all costs—what might be the largest U.S. natural gas deposit. The results could be disastrous.
By Ted Williams, Audubon Magazine

Earth hadn’t seen its first dinosaur when an enormous river system …

November 11, 2009

PA Lawsuit Says Drilling Polluted Water

Pennsylvania lawsuit says drilling polluted water
By Jon Hurdle, on Nov 9, 2009 9:37am EST

(Reuters) – A Pennsylvania landowner is suing an energy company for polluting his soil and water in an attempt to link a natural gas drilling …

July 1, 2009

Of Hydraulic Fracturing and Drinking Water

Of Hydraulic Fracturing and Drinking Water
By JEREMY MILLER, The New York Times, June 30, 2009, 10:17 am

A bill introduced earlier this month would bring federal oversight of hydraulic fracturing fluids – chemical mixtures pumped at high pressure into …

March 22, 2009

PA Says Natgas Drilling Risks Inevitable

Pennsylvania says natgas drilling risks inevitable
By Jon Hurdle, Reuters, Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:57pm EDT

(Reuters) – Pennsylvania’s top environmental official said on Friday that a natural gas drilling boom would inevitably result in some environmental damage including possible …

February 27, 2009

U.S. Gas Drilling Boom Stirs Water Worries

U.S. gas drilling boom stirs water worries
By Jon Hurdle, Reuters, Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:20pm GMT

(Reuters) – On a snowy hillside in rural southwest Pennsylvania, Larry Grimm drives his truck up a steep gravel track to a hilltop …

February 2, 2009

Products and Chemicals Used in Fracturing

The Endocrine Disruption Exchange February 2009

TEDX (The Endocrine Disruption Exchange) has compiled a list of the names of products and their chemical constituents reportedly used during the fracturing of natural gas wells. Nalco 1, World Oil 2 and J.D. …

January 14, 2009

Mixing Gas and Water: Drilling in the City's Watershed

Mixing Gas and Water: Drilling in the City’s Watershed.
by Dara L. Miles, The Gotham Gazette, Jan 12, 2009

Turn on the tap and New Yorkers get completely unfiltered H2O, flowing from the upstate streams and rivers to faucets from …

September 9, 2008

TEDX to NYC Council: "The western experience should be taken seriously by those in the East"

Theo Colborn, The Endocrine Disruption Exchange

To: Council member James Gennaro
Re: Oversight Hearing – Natural Gas Drilling in the New York City Drinking Watershed
From: Theo Colborn, PhD

In response to your letter of August 27, 2008 in which …

May 19, 2006

Hydrogen Sulfide, Oil and Gas, and People's Health

Lana Skrtic, University of California, Berkeley

This paper documents impacts on human health caused by exposure to hydrogen sulfide (H2S) associated with oil and natural gas development. I begin with a brief background on hydrogen sulfide, its presence in oil …

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