Posted by Amy Mall in Health and the Environment
According to a recent news report, the head toxicologist for the Texas Commisssion on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is "shocked" at the high levels of benzene being detected in the Barnett Shale area. What may be even more shocking in this report: not...continued→
Posted by Amy Mall in Health and the Environment
DISH, Texas* is a small town of less than 200 residents in north Texas. Drilling for natural gas in the Barnett Shale area is taking place all around DISH. Although DISH is less than two square miles and primarily a...continued→
Posted by Amy Mall in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Solving Global Warming
A new report was just issued on "Emissions from Natural Gas Production in the Barnett Shale Area and Opportunities for Cost-Effective Improvements." The report was conducted by Dr. Al Armendariz, an environmental engineering professor at Southern Methodist University. Among his conclusions: (1) The oil...continued→
Posted by Amy Mall in Curbing Pollution
This week NRDC issued a new fact sheet on the air pollution resulting from oil and gas production in the Rocky Mountain region. The problems include hazardous air pollutants, greenhouse gasses, particulates, and more. For example, western Wyoming, one of our nation's...continued→
