Below, please see links to important facts, blogs, and services:
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Below, please see printable documents:
IMPORTANT NEW SCIENTIFIC STUDY:
Experts at the University of Colorado School of Public Health's Department of Environmental and Occupational Health completed a review of hundreds of published, peer-reviewed scientific articles to examine what is known concerning the health effects of oil and gas drilling and production on neighboring communities. They also reviewed available empirical data regarding communities in western Colorado. They found that the many hazardous chemicals being used and produced pose a potential health risk for local residents, and recommend a thorough health impact assessment before future expansion of oil and gas activities. Their findings are detailed in these two papers. This work received partial financial support from the Natural Resources Defense Council. The statements made in these papers are the work product of the authors and do not represent the position of any university or organization.
"Potential Exposure-Related Human Health Effects of Oil and Gas Development"
White Paper: http://docs.nrdc.org/health/hea_08091701B.pdf
Literature Review: http://docs.nrdc.org/health/hea_08091701A.pdf
Literature Review Appendices: http://docs.nrdc.org/health/hea_08092501A.pdf
PITTSBURGH PRIESTS: ECO-JUSTICE & CLEAN WATER
2-page LETTER from Pittsburgh Priests
FOOD AND WATER WATCH
Not So Fast, Natural Gas: Why Accelerating Risky Drilling Threatens America’s Water
http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/report/natural-gas/
The Columbia University study
of economics and processes of drilling in Hancock, NY available at this link:
http://admin.urbandesignlab.columbia.edu/?pid=gas_extraction
Environmental Dangers of Hydro-Fracturing the Marcellus Shale
by Robert Myers, Lock Haven University
http://www.lhup.edu/rmyers3/marcellus.htm
DELAWARE RIVER BASIN & WATERSHED
MAPS
http://www.state.nj.us/drbc/edweb/maps.htm
Dr. Theo Colborn to the NYC-DEP and is very comprehensive, scientific and yet readable. It includes pages of her resume and details of her findings.
Presented to the NYC-DEP for the NY-DEC scoping hearings in September, 2008.
TEDX . . . Dr. Colborn Testimony to NY-DEP & NY-DEC
Pittsburgh Drinking Water Contamination:
Pittsburgh_Contamination.pdf
Oil and gas drilling within Allegheny National Forest:
http://alleghenydefense.org/slideshows/aerial/index.html
Photos of Allegheny Forest Gas Drilling:
http://picasaweb.google.com/AlleghenyDefenseProject
Natural Gas Migration Illustration:
Migration.jpg
TOXIC CHEMICALS RELEASED DURING OIL & GAS OPERATIONS:
Toxic_Chemicals.pdf
23-MINUTE RADIO INTERVIEW:
What are the health hazards of gas drilling? Dr. Theo Colborn, author of Our Stolen Future discusses the health impacts to humans, wildlife and domestic animals in areas of gas drilling:
http://www.prx.org/pieces/20015
The 2005 Energy Act provided the oil and gas industry with numerous exemptions from provisions of federal laws intended to protect human health and the environment. Below is a comprehensive NRDC Report:
http://www.nrdc.org/land/use/down/contents.asp
Un-Well: Concerns are mounting over health effects of gas drilling.
http://www.fwweekly.com/content.asp?article=7262
Scary questions have already emerged – and who knows what’s next?
http://www.fwweekly.com/content.asp?article=7161
Delaware River Basin Map:
http://www.state.nj.us/drbc/maps/drb_map2.htm
Paradise Lost: They don't own there mineral rights. We do!
"Their acreage in Azle was “stress-free” until the drilling started."
Catskill Confidential:
"Natural gas drilling spurs environmental concern."
Associated Press Writer:
"Air pollution in Wyo. community rivals that of big cities".
NY TIMES, OP-ED:
"Recovering From Wyoming’s Energy Bender"
This is a website put up by a community group in Fort Worth,Texas
who are speaking the truth about the gas drilling going on there:
http://www.fwcando.org
A VIDEO - about the True Cost of Gas Drilling:
http://www.fwcando.org/video
Oil & Gas Accountability Project:
http://www.ogapold.org/
Facts and data about gas drilling:
http://www.ourpubliclands.org/public-lands-faq/oilandgas101
A River Reporter Editorial:
http://www.riverreporter.com/issues/08-01-31/editorial.shtml
Free book about gas drilling, “OIL & GAS AT YOUR DOOR”:
http://www.earthworksaction.org/LOguidechapters.cfm
Mining, Drilling Issues:
http://www.earthworksaction.org/mining_issues.cfm
About the Allegheny national forest and what has been happening there:
http://www.alleghenydefense.org/hchronicles/?p=32
PICTURING LANDSCAPE CHANGE:
To see what it would look like around here, look at the link below and see the picture of the Jonah gas field - each well pad - the dots - are 4 to 5 acres.
The Truth from Above,
The threat from gas and oil field waste injection wells.
Published in The Texas Observer May 2006:
"What Lies Beneath"
Gas drilling issues in Nockamixon, PA:
http://nockamixon.us/Issues/gas/gasandoil.htm
Endocrine Disruption Exchange what happens to the human body when exposed to toxins from gas drilling and other mining:
http://EndocrineDisruption.com
For More Information - Fact Sheets:
Contaminants associated with the various stages of gas development:
• Oil and Gas Pollution
Air pollution from gas facilities:
• Think Again
Contamination and regulation issues:
• Pits
A brief look at the major issues:
• Fracking
JANE'S .... DCS_Update_of_Articles_Dec-Jan-Feb_09 .doc
JANE'S ... DCS_Update-March.doc
Quotes and Excerpts From Recent Articles Related to Gas Drilling
to Keep You Updated
Find Out Who’s Involved and What They Have to Say
Compiled by Jane Cyphers ... Are You Ready to Move?
13-PAGE WORD DOCUMENT
More News Reports:
Oil and Gas Drilling Rig Hazards
Democrats Call for Studies as Industry Assails Proposals to Regulate Hydraulic Fracturing
Gas drillers face tough regulations for treating wastewater
BY LAURA LEGERE July 13, 2009 Scranton Times
Garfield County won't accept pit liners anymore
Private profit, public loss
River Reporter Editorial
TRANSCRIPTS OF TESTIMONIALS
LIVING WITH GAS DRILLING
Wheelock Tx - 3_30_08.pdf
Hickory PA - JohnDoe.pdf
Hickory PA - Ron Gulla 4_08.pdf
Hickory PA - Maryann Stevenson, 4_08.pdf
Hickory PA - Dave Kraeer 4-9-08.pdf
Hickory PA - 4-9-08.pdf
