This program is part of a public education series on unconventional gas drilling sponsored by the town of Enfield, New York State. For several years Dr. Ingraffea has been speaking all over the world about the process and impacts of … Continue reading
Oil sands development contributes polycyclic aromatic compounds to the Athabasca River and its tributaries
Authors: Erin N. Kelly, Jeffrey W. Short, David W. Schindler, Peter V. Hodson, Mingsheng Ma, Alvin K. Kwan, and Barbra L. Forton Abstract: For over a decade, the contribution of oil sands mining and processing to the pollution of the … Continue reading
The Tar Sands Catastrophe
“I look at what is happening to our traditional hunting lands, and I lie awake at night. I worry that this is not just the end of our way of life, but the end of all of our lives.” – … Continue reading
An Exploratory Study of Air Quality near Natural Gas Operations
Authors: Theo Colborn, Kim Schultz, Lucille Herrick & Carol Kwiatkowski Abstract: This exploratory study was designed to assess air quality in a rural western Colorado area where residences and gas wells co-exist. Sampling was conducted before, during, and after drilling … Continue reading
Environmental implications of hydraulic fracturing and shale gas drilling in the United States [VIDEO]
A presentation by Prof. Avner Vengosh, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University at Gisborne District Council, 27 February 2012. Presentation (Video 1) Presentation (Video 2)
Trashing the Planet for Natural Gas: Shale Gas Development Threatens Freshwater Sources, Likely Escalates Climate Destabilization
Author: Karen Charman Introduction (excerpt): As the large, easy reservoirs of fossil fuels are exhausted, the capitalist machine is now scouring the earth in a frenzy to exploit sources that are much more difficult, risky, ecologically damaging, and expensive to extract. … Continue reading
Marcellus Shale and Global Warming [VIDEO]
Presenters: Bob Howarth, Rene Santoro, and Tony Ingraffea. Description: Presentation in advance of the release of a long anticipated peer-reviewed study of the relative contribution to global warming by greenhouse gas emissions from conventional and un-conventional gas production compared with … Continue reading
Impacts of Gas Drilling on Animal and Human Health
Authors: Bamberger M, Oswald RE. Abstract: Environmental concerns surrounding drilling for gas are intense due to expansion of shale gas drilling operations. Controversy surrounding the impact of drilling on air and water quality has pitted industry and lease-holders against individuals and … Continue reading
Methane contamination of drinking water accompanying gas-well drilling and hydraulic fracturing
Authors: Stephen G. Osborn, Avner Vengosh, Nathaniel R. Warner, and Robert B. Jackson. Abstract: Directional drilling and hydraulic-fracturing technologies are dramatically increasing natural-gas extraction. In aquifers overlying the Marcellus and Utica shale formations of northeastern Pennsylvania and upstate New York, we … Continue reading
Natural Gas Operations from a Public Health Perspective
Authors: Theo Colborna, Carol Kwiatkowskia, Kim Schultza & Mary Bachrana Abstract: The technology to recover natural gas depends on undisclosed types and amounts of toxic chemicals. A list of 944 products containing 632 chemicals used during natural gas operations was compiled. … Continue reading
