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Mixed total of waste produced by Marcellus Shale gas wells between July 1 and December 31, 2010. For more information on specific wells, click the blue “i” button, then click on one of the purple dots. Self reported Marcellus Shale waste data for the period between July 1 and December 31, 2010 is now available […]
This article is out of date. Please contact us for more information about being trained to use FracTracker’s system: info@fractracker.org So you have checked out FracTracker’s blog and DataTool, but you’re still not quite sure how to get the most out of this system and you don’t have time to attend one of our in-person […]
By: C. D. Volz, DrPH, MPH Director and Principal Investigator of the Center for Healthy Environments and Communities Is it possible that there will, in the future, be offshore oil and gas platforms in the Great Lakes regions of the United States? The answer is that it has already occurred in Lake Michigan and […]
What We Can Learn From Pennsylvania DEP’s Marcellus Air Monitoring Studies By Joe Osborne, Legal Director, Group Against Smog and Pollution Last week the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection released a study of air quality around Marcellus Shale operations in northeastern Pennsylvania. Here are some typical headlines from articles on the study: “Pa. DEP study […]
Interested in knowing more about how this FracTracker system works? If so, here is a great introductory tutorial by Drew about FracTracker’s blog and maps. This comes at a great time, since the DataTool just logged over 1,500 registered users! For a read-only version of how FracTracker works, click here. And be sure to check […]
By Samantha Malone, MPH, CPH – Communications Specialist, Center for Healthy Environments and Communities (CHEC), University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH); and Doctorate of Public Health (DrPH) Student, GSPH If done improperly (or in excess), shale gas drilling has the potential to contaminate ambient air, surface water, drinking water, and/or ground water. […]
What is a vulnerable population? For a term used so often, a clear definition from an authoritative source is surprisingly hard to come by. For example, the term has over 2.5 million Google hits, but no Wikipedia page. The National Institute of Health has almost 5,000 references, but the handful of pages that I looked […]
Wells along the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Please click the map for a larger, dynamic view. The United States isn’t the only place where the gas drilling industry is adversely affecting the environment. I have recently uploaded a dataset from Quebec’s Bureau d’audiences publiques sur l’environnement, which includes over 600 wells, including 31 […]
The Marcellus and Utica Shale Gas Plays. Please click the image for a larger, zoomable view. By now, most everyone in the Mid-Atlantic states is aware of the gas-rich geologic formation known as the Marcellus Shale. After all, it has led to thousands of productive (and often problematic) gas wells in Pennsylvania and West Virgina, […]
Speaker: Sandra Steingraber Speaker: Sandra Steingraber – “Morgan Lecturer” World Renowned Ecologist, Author and Cancer Survivor A reception and book signing will follow. New Date! February 3, 2011 — 7pm Dickinson College, Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, Carlisle, PA In this lecture, Steingraber will explore the tangled relationship between petrochemicals and farming, with a special […]
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