Posted by Amy Mall in Health and the Environment
I have previously posted about multiple water contamination incidents in Pennsylvania attributed to natural gas operations. Recent news reports describe two additional cases of groundwater contamination in Pennsylvania suspected to be caused by natural gas operations. In Washington County, a recent...continued→
Posted by Amy Mall in Health and the Environment
Today, National Public Radio's Morning Edition aired a story on the health impacts to Texans living near natural gas operations in the Barnett shale region. This powerful story focused on the impacts of compressor stations, including air contamination and low frequency noise. Compressor stations...continued→
Posted by Amy Mall in Health and the Environment
I recently attended a workshop in western Colorado dedicated to Best Management Practices (BMPs) for oil and gas production. BMPs are the best approaches that are available and achievable--the most effective and practicable means of preventing or reducing undesirable results....continued→
Posted by Amy Mall in Health and the Environment
In general I keep my blogging to incidents that best epitomize the environmental threats posed by oil and gas production and the lack of sufficient regulations to protect human health, clean air and drinking water. After all, I only have so much time...continued→
Posted by Amy Mall in Health and the Environment
There were three significant spills of hydraulic fracturing fluid at the same natural gas well pad in Dimock over the past week. These spills, totaling over 8,000 gallons, polluted wetlands and a creek, killing fish. They violated four state laws....continued→
Posted by Amy Mall in Health and the Environment
For all the drama queens out there, thanks to John Hart Studios, at www.johnhartstudios.com ...continued→
Posted by Amy Mall in Health and the Environment
The Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act, known as the FRAC Act, is an important piece of legislation that would repeal the exemption in the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) for an oil and gas technique called hydraulic fracturing. I wrote about...continued→
Posted by Amy Mall in Health and the Environment , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
In recent months, several publications have purported to calculate the costs of NRDC proposals to protect human health, clean air and clean water from contamination generated by oil and gas production. But these "costs," used by industry to fight new protections, are grossly exaggerated and...continued→
Posted by Amy Mall in Health and the Environment
My NRDC colleague Justin Sherman just prepared an up-to-date map to let the public know how many oil and gas wells are in each state. For example, did you know there are over 60,000 wells in Ohio, over 40,000 in Colorado and...continued→
Posted by Amy Mall in Health and the Environment
In April of this year, 17 cows died in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, after apparently drinking fluid that had spilled from a nearby natural gas wellpad. The local sheriff's office, although the designated first responder, was not notified and found out from community...continued→
