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PSE is dedicated to supplying vetted, evidence-based, scientific information and resources on unconventional gas development (high-volume hydrofracking) and other novel energy production methods. PSE's mission is to bring transparency to the important public policy issues surrounding such methods, helping to level the playing field for citizens, advocacy groups, media, policy-makers and politicians. How To Use This Website: The information and resources on this website have been carefully evaluated and categorized to help you judge their merit. Our LIBRARY contains only peer-reviewed journal papers or reports. VIEWS contains written commentaries and presentations from identified individuals we deem qualified to be read and heard. RESOURCES includes a variety of information and links to other qualified and relevant data sources, institutes, and reports. A list of PSE activites (lectures, testimonies, articles, etc.) can be found here. In Press: Gabrielle Pétron et al. study on methane emissions at Denver-Julesburg Basin currently in press at the Journal of Geophysical Research.
Featured Content Commentary, Analysis , Peer Reviewed Missing from the Table: Role of the Environmental Public Health Community in Governmental Advisory Commissions Related to Marcellus Shale Drilling Environmental Health Perspectives , NIEHS Online 10 January 2012 Bernard D. Goldstein, Jill Kriesky, Barbara Pavliakova This study looks at the public health concerns related to drilling in the Marcellus Shale and concludes that neither state nor national advisory committees selected to respond to these concerns contain recognizable environmental public health expertise. ...read more. Critique, Analysis , Peer Reviewed Venting and leaking of methane from shale gas development: response to Cathles et al. Climate Change, Received: 10 December 2011 / Accepted: 10 January 2012 Robert W. Howarth, Renee Santoro and Anthony Ingraffea Response to criticisms by Cathles et al. of first comprehensive analysis of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from shale gas obtained by hydraulic fracturing. ...read more. Commentary , Peer Reviewed The Rush to Drill for Natural Gas: A Public Health Cautionary Tale American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association May 2011, Vol 101, No. 5, pp 784-785 Madelon L. Finkel, PhD, and Adam Law, MD There is evidence that many of the chemicals used in fracking can damage the lungs, liver, kidneys, blood, and brain, posing a threat to public health. ...read more.

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Potential Contaminant Pathways from Hydraulically Fractured Shale to Aquifers

This study uses interpretative modeling to examine potential contaminant pathways from fractured shale to aquifers.

Are Seismicity Rate Changes In the Midcontinent Natural or Manmade?

[Abstract] US Geological Survey on seismicity rate changes induced by natural gas drilling

Human health risk assessment of air emissions from development of unconventional natural gas resources

This study estimated health risks for exposures to air emissions from a NGD project in Garfield County, Colorado with the objective of supporting risk prevention recommendations in a health impact assessment (HIA).

New Solutions Call for Papers

New Solutions: a Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy seeks high quality manuscripts for a special issue dedicated to the effects of unconventional oil and gas drilling.

NYS SGEIS Commentary

Commentary for the NYS revised supplemental generic environmental impact statement from PSE board members.

Decision of Cooperstown Holstein Corp. v. Town of Middlefield

Town of Middlefield, Ostego County, New York becomes the second local municipality to prohibit oil and natural gas activities through land use regulation.

Decision of Anshutz Exploration Corporation v. Town of Dryden

In this case the court was asked to determine whether a local municipality may use its power to regulate land use to prohibit exploration for, and production of, oil and natural gas.

Epidemiologic and Public Health Considerations of Shale Gas Production: The Missing Link

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