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Modern Natural Gas Development and Harm to Health: The Need for Proactive Public Health Policies

ISRN Public Health

17 May 2013

Madelon L. Finkel PhD, Jake Hays MA, and Adam Law MD

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The Shale Gas Boom and the Need for Rational Policy

American Journal of Public Health

16 May 2013

Madelon Finkel PhD, Jake Hays MA, and Adam Law MD

A commentary calling for precautionary policy measures in the absence of methodologically sound data on potential harms to the environment and human health from shale gas development.

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Fluid Migration Mechanisms Due to Faulty Well Design and/or Construction: An Overview and Recent Experiences in the Pennsylvania Marcellus Play

PSE

January 2013

Anthony R. Ingraffea. Ph.D. P.E.

This PSE brief introduces the mechanisms leading to loss of well structural integrity and examines the prevalence of fluid migration from faulty wells in the natural gas industry and potential impacts for the Marcellus region.

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PSE Sign On Letter to President Obama re: LNG Export Facilities

13 December 2012

PSE facilitated a petition signed by over one hundred medical and public health professionals that urges the Obama Administration to delay any decisions regarding the construction of new liquified natural gas (LNG) terminals for the large scale exportation of shale gas to foreign nations. New LNG export facilities will accelerate shale gas development in the United States and the potential for harm to health and the environment from this novel energy production method has not been fully examined. More rigorous scientific and epidemiologic studies are needed before the Administration makes any significant policy decisions related to shale gas production and exportation.

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Testimony: Robert W. Howarth, Ph.D. at Forum on Hydraulic Fracturing (Sen. Avella, NYS Senate Democrats)

18 Jul 2012

Robert Howarth

New York, NY. Written testimony of Robert Howarth Ph.D. at forum held by Senator Avella and Senate Democrats in NYC.

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Ten Problems with New York’s Shale Gas Drilling Plan

PSE/EWG Joint Report

13 Jun 2012

An analysis by New York-based Physicians, Scientists and Engineers for Healthy Energy and the Environmental Working Group, based in Washington, D.C., finds that the Cuomo administration deserves some credit for adopting what appears to be a more conservative approach to drilling as reported in the New York Times today. But state officials have still not resolved the significant scientific gaps.

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PSE Analysis: API/ANGA Report, June 2012

Physicians, Scientists, and Engineers for Healthy Energy

18 Jun 2012

RW Howarth, A Ingraffea, R Santoro

PSE experts analyze the widely publicized report from the American Petroleum Institute (API) and American Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA) and find methodological flaws and incomplete reporting.

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Testimony: Robert W. Howarth, Ph.D. before the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Congress of the United States, House of Representatives

31 May 2012

Washington, DC. Prof. Robert W. Howarth, Ph.D. was invited to testify before Congress on May 31, 2012 on the environmental and public health consequences of hydraulic fracturing.

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Setbacks: How Far is Far Enough?

Physicians, Scientists, and Engineers for Healthy Energy

11 Jan 2012

Stan Scobie

Stan Scobie, Ph.D. SGEIS comments submitted to the NY Department of Environmental Conservation re: substance migration from gas wells and setback distance.

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Public Health Considerations of the Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement

Physicians, Scientists, and Engineers for Healthy Energy

11 Jan 2012

Adam Law and Jake Hays

PSE statement submitted to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

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