Fracked Gas Visuals

Wyalusing Creek
Brian Keeler Studio, www.briankeeler.com

Upstream Harms 

The NFE/BCREP project will not take place without the accompanying massive increase in fracking to supply the feedgas.  

Pennsylvania Voters Support Stricter Regulations on Fracking

There is near unanimity on stricter regulations on fracking, including requiring companies to disclose chemicals used in drilling operations (94%), requiring safer transportation of fracking waste (93%), expanding air monitoring near fracking wells (92%), and increasing “setback” distances from schools and hospitals (90%).
https://ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/SHAREABLE-PA-Fracking-IP-Memo.pdf

Health Risks

Environmental, Health Groups Submit Petition To Environmental Quality Board For More Protective Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells For Schools, Daycares, Hospitals, Buildings, Drinking Water Wells, Surface Water. Tuesday, October 22, 2024. https://paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com/2024/10/environmental-health-groups-submit.html

Concerned Health Professionals Report: Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking and Associated Gas and Oil Infrastructure, Ninth Edition, October 19, 2023, is a fully referenced compilation of the growing and substantial body of research revealing fundamental problems with the entire life cycle of operations associated with fracking and its infrastructure, which includes pipelines, LNG terminals, frack sand mining operations…  https://concernedhealthny.org/compendium/

Bill introduced in New Mexico legislature to require one-mile setback near schools and day care centers for new gas drilling permits. https://apnews.com/article/new-mexico-considers-setbacks-for-oil-wells-f0581b81fa06310305f44bb5fa71ae83

First-ever EPA data show gas processing plants emit thousands of pounds of carcinogens per year.
September 6, 2023.  Gas processing is the first step in the two-step LNG manufacturing process. 
https://news.oilandgaswatch.org/post/first-ever-epa-data-show-gas-processing-plants-emit-tons-of-carcinogens-per-year

Communities along the Gulf Coast have had their environment profoundly affected by LNG plants.
https://grist.org/energy/louisiana-liquified-natural-gas-terminal-lng-gulf-coast/

More information continues to come to light about the health risks of living near fracking.
https://e360.yale.edu/features/fracking-gas-chemicals-health-pennsylvania

Grand Jury Report assesses impacts on Pennsylvania of  unconventional oil and gas industry, commonly known as “fracking.”
Office of Attorney General_ Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Report 1 of the Statewide Investigating Grand Jury  https://www.attorneygeneral.gov/fracking/ 

A study by the Environmental Health Network found elevated levels of toxic industrial chemicals linked to shale gas operations in the bodies of bodies of adults and children at levels many times higher than that seen in the average American – levels that exceed exceeded recommended safety limits. https://www.ehn.org/fractured-harmful-chemicals-fracking-2650428324.html 
https://cleanair.org/ehn-study/ 

How the “Halliburton Loophole” lets fracking companies pollute water with no oversight
Fracking companies used 282 million pounds of hazardous chemicals that should have been regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act from 2014 to 2021.
https://www.dailyclimate.org/halliburton-loophole-2660287158/making-data-on-fracking-chemicals-more-accessible

Creating New Brownfields: Oil & Gas Well Drillers Notified DEP They Are Cleaning Up Soil & Water Contaminated With Chemicals Harmful To Human Health, Aquatic Life At 272 Locations In PA. August 24, 2022
http://paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com/2022/08/creating-new-brownfields-oil-gas-well.html

Maps can help you visualize the scope of fracking and related industrialization in your area. This web page shows you the penetration of the gas industry in northern PA.  Many of these maps are interactive. Please go to the web site indicated. 

What is “unconventional” shale gas development and drilling? 
In the past decade, a technique known as hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) has been used to access deeper “unconventional” shale gas reservoirs, including the Marcellus shale formation underlying a large part of Pennsylvania.   https://www.dep.pa.gov/Business/Energy/OilandGasPrograms/OilandGasMgmt/Marcellus-Shale/Pages/default.aspx

FracTracker Alliance studies, maps, and communicates the risks of oil and gas development.
https://www.fractracker.org/map/us/pennsylvania/