January 2, 2012
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January 2, 2012
NRDC
The oil and gas industry in the United States has expanded rapidly during the last decade, particularly in the Rocky Mountain region. But oil and gas production releases pollution that can have serious impacts on people’s health and the …
January 2, 2012
Catskill Mountainkeeper
Risks to human health are present at every step of the hydraulic fracturing gas extraction process. This includes the potential for contamination of drinking water sources through surface spills, well casing failures, blowouts, and other events, migration of …
January 1, 2012
New York Times Editorial
The Republicans believe they have President Obama in a box: either he approves a controversial Canadian oil pipeline or they accuse him of depriving the nation of jobs. Mr. Obama can and should push back hard.…
December 31, 2011
By Associated Press
McDONALD, Ohio — Officials said Saturday they believe the latest earthquake activity in northeast Ohio is related to the injection of wastewater into the ground near a fault line, creating enough pressure to cause seismic activity.
The …
December 30, 2011
From Gasland:
THIS FILM DEDICATED TO
DAMASCUS CITIZENS FOR SUSTAINABILITY
Barbara Arrindell, Joe Levine, Jane Cyphers, Pat Carullo, Ron Hine, James Barth
and the rest of the gang….
Josh Fox’s GASLAND is a film about the devastating health impacts of …
December 30, 2011
New York Times Drilling Down Series
By IAN URBINA, The New York Times
KAROO, South Africa — When a drought dried up their wells last year, hundreds of farmers and their families flocked to local fairgrounds here to pray for …
December 29, 2011
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Page on Environmental Health
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR): Home Page
Toxic Substances Portal (ATSDR): Toxicological Profiles
Public Health Assessment Guidance Manual (ATSDR): Table of Contents
Environmental Data Needed for …
December 29, 2011
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
This guide provides an overview of two different assessments commonly performed at hazardous waste sites. These are the risk assessment and the public health assessments; both are required for all sites – commonly …
December 28, 2011
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
What is ATSDR’s Petition Program?
In the Superfund law, Congress provided ATSDR with the authority to conduct certain public health assessment activities following a request from a concerned person. The ATSDR Petition Program …
December 28, 2011
Promises made, but not kept, and it’s all legal
By Joshua Schneyer and Brian Grow, REUTERS
TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan — Hundreds of farmers had signed leases with local brokers permitting drillers to tap natural gas and oil beneath their land. …
December 28, 2011
By Joshua Schneyer and Brian Grow, Reuters
TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan Late in the summer of 2010, hundreds of farmers in northern Michigan were fuming.
All had signed leases with local brokers permitting drillers to tap natural gas and oil …
