PAF Meeting with Physician General Levine, DOH Secretary Murphy, and DEP Secretary Quigley
At our meeting on November 19, 2015, we provided a packet of information including the following resources.
Papers/Articles:
Casey, J.A., Savitz, D.A., Rasmussen, S.G., Ogburn, E.L., Pollak, J., Mercer, D.G., Schwartz, B.S. (2015, September 30). Unconventional Natural Gas Development and Birth Outcomes in Pennsylvania, USA. Epidemiology, 20:00-00.
Jemielita, T., Gerton, G.L., Neidell, M., Chillrud, S., Yan, B., et al. (2015, August 28). Unconventional Gas and Oil Drilling Is Associated with Increased Hospital Utilization Rates. PLoS ONE 10(8): e0137371.
Webb, E., Bushkin-Bedient, S., Cheng, A., Kassotis, C.D., Balise, V., Nagel, S.C. (2014, December) Developmental and reproductive effects of chemicals associated with unconventional oil and natural gas operations. Reviews on Environmental Health. 29(4): 307–318.
Reports:
Concerned Health Professionals of New York & Physicians for Social Responsibility. (2015, October 14). Compendium of scientific, medical, and media findings demonstrating risks and harms of fracking (unconventional gas and oil extraction) (3rd ed.).
New York State Department of Health. (2014, December 17). A Public Health Review of High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing for Shale Gas Development, Executive Summary.
Hays, J. and Shonkoff, S. B. C. (2015, June 16). Toward an understanding of the environmental and public health impacts of shale gas development: an analysis of the peer-reviewed scientific literature, 2009-2015, PSE Healthy Energy working paper, revised June 2015.
Habicht, S., Hanson, L., Faeth, P. (2015, August). The Potential Environmental Impact from Fracking in the Delaware River Basin, prepared for the Delaware Riverkeeper Network by C.N.A. Analysis & Solutions.
Food & Water Watch. (2015, February). The Urgent Case for a Ban on Fracking.
Frontline Community Resources:
Friends of the Harmed. (2015) Shalefield Stories, v. 2.
PAF Meeting with Governor Tom Wolf
Participants in the meeting with Governor Wolf shared their thoughts after the meeting. Check it out!
At our meeting with Governor Tom Wolf and members of his staff, we provided a packet of information including the following resources.
Papers/Articles:
A Bridge to Nowhere: Methane Emissions and The Greenhouse Gas Footprint of Natural Gas, Robert W. Howarth, Energy Science and Engineering 2014; (2): 47–60
The False Promise of Fracking and Local Jobs, Susan Christopherson, The Conversation, January 27, 2015
Impact of Natural Gas Extraction on PAH Levels in Ambient Air, L. Blair Paulik, Carey E. Donald, Brian W. Smith, Lane G. Tidwell, Kevin A. Hobbie, Laurel Kincl, Erin N. Haynes, and Kim A. Anderson, Environmental Science & Technology 2015; (8): 5203-5210
Remote sensing of fugitive methane emissions from oil and gas production in North American tight geologic formations, O. Schneising, J. P. Burrows, R. R. Dickerson, M. Buchwitz, M. Reuter, and H. Bovensmann, Earth’s Future, 2014; (2): 548–558
Reports:
Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking (Unconventional Gas And Oil Extraction), 2nd edition, December 11, 2014
A Public Health Review of High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing for Shale Gas Development, New York State Department of Health, December 17, 2014
Toward an understanding of the environmental and public health impacts of shale gas development: an analysis of the peer reviewed scientific literature, 2009-2014, Physicians, Scientists, and Engineer for Healthy Energy, 2014
Unsafe & Unsustainable: Experts Review the Center for Sustainable Shale Development’s Performance Standards for Shale Gas Development, Prepared for the Delaware Riverkeeper Network, 2014
The Urgent Case for a Ban on Fracking, Food & Water Watch, February 2015
Frontline Community Resources:
List of the Harmed – Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Alliance for Clean Water and Air, May 18, 2015
Shalefield Stories – Pennsylvania, Friends of the Harmed, January 2014
