By Julie Dermansky, Desmog, December 29, 2014
Dr. Theo Colborn, founder of the Endocrine Disruption Exchange (TEDX…
Dr. Theo Colborn, founder of the Endocrine Disruption Exchange (TEDX…
The Environmental Protection Agency last month issued revised permits for oil companies to dump literally rivers of wastewater—including …
EIP Report: At least 33 companies drilled 351 wells in 12 states using prohibited diesel fuels without required permits in violation …
Emissions from oil-and-gas production pose a significant threat to human health, …
See the 2011 Congressional Report Below
Although Baker Hughes, Inc. has received kudos for promising to disclose at FracFocus.org, “all the chemicals” they use in gas extraction, questions about the value of the promise are being raised.
In March …
See comments from Jim Argo, PhD, below.
You are Invited – Shell Proposed Petrochemical Community Meeting: Air Quality and Safety
As part of the planning and evaluation process for our proposed petrochemical facility in Beaver county, Shell is hosting community …
Some workers at oil and gas sites where fracking occurs are routinely exposed to …
A new study by a group from the University of Colorado – Boulder, published in the American Geophysical Union’s Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmosphere has found that the impact of natural gas drilling and production on climate change is enormously …
More information from Riverkeeper here
Despite a moratorium on fracking in New York State, more than …
Steve Horn on desmogblog.org posts on structural problems found in the Keystone XL pipeline only a few weeks before it is scheduled to start pumping bitumen — with its load of toxins — as reported by a Public Citizen report.…
A study recently published in the journal Atmospheric Environment reports that hydrocarbon processing in the industrial heartland of Alberta has been correlated with remarkable elevations in Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) levels in the area, raising serious concerns about the relationship …
A new study of 100 private water wells in and near the Barnett Shale showed elevated …