UPDATE: The new rules are HERE Fact sheet and presentation HERE And everyone is all a Twitter. Literally. EPA will announce a proposed suite of highly cost-effective regulations that would reduce harmful air pollution from the oil and natural … [Read more...]
Gas drilling makes people sick in Co and NM
Count to three and pretend to be surprised. All together now: 1, 2, 3...New Report Reveals Toxic Air Near Natural Gas OperationsThe lab detected a total of 22 toxic chemicals in the air samples, including four known carcinogens, as well as toxins … [Read more...]
EPA: New air rules for natural gas are coming
I'm celebrating but with reservations.EPA chief promises action on air pollution from gas drillingEnvironmental Protection Agency head Lisa Jackson said Tuesday her agency is working on air quality regulations for areas impacted by natural gas … [Read more...]
If you live in the gas patch, you might have a dirty mind
It is well known that breathing toxic gas patch air is hard on our hearts and lungs now a new study shows it also gives us dirty minds. (The article is no longer online but originally appeared in Cosmos Magazine at … [Read more...]
EPA Video: Gas emissions near school
This is a familiar site to those of us living on top of the Barnett Shale.Juxtapose this video with the industry propaganda claim that Barnett Shale Natural Gas Can Help Clean Up the Air in DFW and you will see how far they will go to reap their … [Read more...]
Bad news about natural gas emissions
This is actually horrible news: Best Available Control Technology, BACT, does not work. Even with the BACT that is mandated in Wyoming, emissions from natural gas extraction and production activity has caused smog that is worse than in large cities … [Read more...]
Gas drilling in Wyoming causes smog worse than big cities
Wyoming is beset by a big-city problem: SmogBy Mead Gruver, Associated Press03/08/2011 9:15pmLet's see...does any of this sound familiar?Wyoming, famous for its crisp mountain air and breathtaking, far-as-the-eye-can-see vistas, is looking a lot like … [Read more...]
Report: Schools should be no closer than a mile to natural gas facilities
LEAGUE TEAM OF EXPERTS RELEASES REPORT ONNATURAL GAS FACILITY PROTECTIVE MEASURESFOR USE NEAR SCHOOLSFebruary 22, 2011For immediate releaseA Fort Worth League of Neighborhoods team of experts says that schools should be no closer than a mile to … [Read more...]
How positioning oil and gas facilities impacts air quality
This is an interesting study I received in email #9,627--not kidding.Modeling the Shape of the Dependency of Airborne Benzene Concentration in the Air on Distance to Primary Oil and Gas FacilitiesThe impact of emissions from oil and gas industries on … [Read more...]
VIDEO: Gas wells leak everywhere
This video could be from any gas patch anywhere. Team 4 Investigates: What's Spewing Into The Air We Breathe?What Are Marcellus Shale Drilling Operations Doing To Local Environment?It's not like I haven't been warning people for years. … [Read more...]
Another Barnett Shale mom worried about air quality
EDF has a blog post up with a letter from a Fort Worth mom who is worried about the bad air her children are breathing and our declining water quality. Her toddler has asthma and the recent downgrading of our air quality from moderate to serious by … [Read more...]
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