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Study: Fracking Increases the Risks of Asthma, Birth Defects and Cancer
This Rolling Stone magazine article discusses a new study by the Concerned Health Professionals of New York and the Nobel Peace Prize-winning group, Physicians for Social Responsibility. It is the 5th Edition of an analysis now widely known as “The Compendium”.
The article starts this way: “Our examination…uncovered no evidence that fracking […]
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Natural Gas Infrastructure and Public Health: From Local to Global
This Boston University site has a video on their January 30, 2018 presentation on the relationship between the natural gas infrastructure and public health. There is a listing of the speakers and topics included as well
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Port of Olympia seeks peaceful resolution to downtown blockade. So what happens next?
The Port of Olympia commission invited protesters who have blocked railroad tracks in downtown Olympia and representatives from the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office to address them Monday night, hoping to start a dialogue that might lead to a peaceful resolution of a blockade that started Nov. 17.
http://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article186813453.html
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Biologist to address ‘climate emergency’ that she calls ‘a huge human rights crisis’
LENOX — Sandra Steingraber doesn’t give PowerPoint presentations. No, she won’t bore you to death with slides about the science of hydraulic fracturing and its dangers, or about how plankton stocks are declining in warming oceans — stocks that supply us with half the oxygen we breathe.
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Fracking and public health: Evidence from gonorrhea incidence in the Marcellus Shale region
The United States (US) began to experience a boom in natural gas production in the 2000s due to the advent of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and horizontal drilling technology. While the natural gas boom affected many people through lower energy prices, the strongest effects were concentrated in smaller communities where the fracking occurred. […]
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Fracked gas is a health hazard
Nicole Jacobs’ letter “Fracked gas health boon” claims a health boon from fracked gas. She cites only her gas-funded report and ignores hundreds of independent, peer-reviewed published articles.
http://triblive.com/opinion/letters/12367993-74/sounding-off-fracked-gas-is-a-health-hazard
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CO Agency Asks High Court To Reverse Fracking Ruling
Law360, New York (May 18, 2017, 7:58 PM EDT) — The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission on Thursday asked the state Supreme Court to review an appeals court’s holding that the commission incorrectly concluded it could not adjust its permit process to dedicate more resources to studying fracking projects’ […]
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More research needed on US earthquakes possibly tied to oil and gas work: Report
A coalition of U.S. states warned on Monday that a spike in earthquakes potentially tied to oil and gas activity in places not typically prone to them needs urgent attention from regulators and others to protect public safety. Reuters. Sep 29 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-quake-oilandgas-idUSKCN0RS2HV20150928
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