News Articles
August 24, 2022
Air quality study finds minimal issues in Ligonier Valley
August 4, 2022
How Colorado is preventing PFAS contamination from the oil and gas industry
https://www.ehn.org/pfas-contamination-oil-gas-legislation-2657787061/fracking-chemicals-ban
July 29, 2022
Leaving Beaver County As Shell’s Ethane Cracker Sets To Open
https://www.alleghenyfront.org/shell-ethane-cracker-beaver-county-pollution/
July 25, 2022
Environmental Health Project: PA’s Natural Gas Boom - What Went Wrong? Why Does It Matter? What Can We Do Better To Protect Public Health?
http://paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com/2022/07/environmental-health-project-pas.html
July 21, 2022
Group: Pennsylvania should prioritize public health over gas drilling
June 8, 2022
In Ohio, researchers find EPA data doesn’t tell the whole story on fracking pollution
June 7, 2022
PA Environmental Leaders, State Senators Discuss the Failure of Shale Gas Policies and Negative Public Health Impacts of Industry
June 7, 2022
Senate Hearing: Body Of Evidence Is 'Large, Growing,’ ‘Consistent’ And 'Compelling' That Shale Gas Development Is Having A Negative Impact On Public Health; PA Must Act
http://paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com/2022/06/senate-hearing-body-of-evidence-is.html
June 3, 2022
Residents and professionals urge PA state legislators to take action against fracking
June 3, 2022
Senate Dems Discuss Shale Gas Policies and Public Health Impacts
https://www.senatormuth.com/senate-dems-discuss-shale-gas-policies-and-public-health-impacts/
June 2, 2022
Local residents, advocates decry health impacts of natural gas drilling
https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2022/06/02/health-impacts-marcellus-shale-drilling.html
May 26, 2022
Community-Led Science Uncovers High Air Pollution From Fracking in Ohio County
May 26, 2022
The war in Ukraine may ramp up pollution in US oil and gas communities
https://grist.org/climate-energy/war-ukraine-increase-pollution-oil-gas-communities-us/
May 16, 2022
Community methane monitoring fills gaps left by EPA
https://www.eenews.net/articles/community-methane-monitoring-fills-gaps-left-by-epa/
April 27, 2022
Opponents of Newark power plant far outnumber supporters, at least in public
April 25, 2022
Opinion: Independence from oil will bring “energy independence” from Russia
https://coloradosun.com/2022/04/25/energy-independence-russia-oil-renewables-opinion/
April 14, 2022
Public health in Pennsylvania ignored during fracking rush: Report
https://www.ehn.org/fracking-in-pennsylvania-2657152476.html
February 24, 2022
Group Highlights Economic And Public Health Costs Of Fracking
https://www.alleghenyfront.org/group-highlights-economic-and-public-health-costs-of-fracking/
January 11, 2022
Living Closer to Oil and Gas Drilling Linked to Higher Risk of Pregnancy Complications, New Study Finds
https://www.desmog.com/2022/01/11/proximity-oil-gas-drilling-hypertension-pregnancy-willis/
December 31, 2021
Climate Connection
https://www.heinz.org/UserFiles/Library/2021_h_Magazine_Issue_2-Climate_Connection.pdf
December 31, 2021
A legacy of environmental advocacy
December 31, 2021
Industry ills
https://www.heinz.org/UserFiles/Library/2021_h_Magazine_Issue_2-Industry_Ills.pdf
December 17, 2021
Climate Health Is Human Health
https://therivernewsroom.com/climate-health-human-health-air-quality-new-york/
https://www.chronogram.com/hudsonvalley/climate-health-is-human-health/Content?oid=14521026
December 10, 2021
Beaver County ‘preparing for petrochemicals’ as Shell cracker plant nears completion
August 2, 2021
“A Permanent Reactor” Fracking’s Radioactive Health Threat to Ohio Will Last 1,600 Years Without Action
July 26, 2021
New air monitors will provide insight for health, tourism, industry in the Valley
July 21, 2021
Monitors to provide data on air quality in the valley
https://www.facebook.com/116003413588209/photos/a.142131997642017/33165395202315…
July 12, 2021
E.P.A. Approved Toxic Chemicals for Fracking a Decade Ago, New Files Show
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/12/climate/epa-pfas-fracking-forever-chemicals.h…
March 23, 2021
Evidence of Fracking Chemicals Found in Bodies of Pennsylvania Children
https://truthout.org/articles/evidence-of-fracking-chemicals-found-in-bodies-of-…
March 05, 2021
Groups want fracking waste included in Pa. health study
https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2021/03/05/groups-want-fracking-waste-i…
March 02, 2021
When the Kids Started Getting Sick
https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/when-the-kids-started-getting-sick
March 01, 2021
Fractured: The body burden of living near fracking
https://www.ehn.org/fractured-series-on-fracking-pollution-2650624600/fractured-…
October 26, 2020
In Pennsylvania, fracking debate triggers political tremors
https://news.yahoo.com/pennsylvania-fracking-debate-triggers-political-024828436…
October 02, 2020
CPV foe: Emissions hurt crows, trees and people
https://www.recordonline.com/story/news/local/port-jervis/2020/10/02/cpv-foe-emi…
September 30, 2020
More gas wells linked to more symptoms in Pennsylvania residents
https://eos.org/articles/more-gas-wells-linked-to-more-symptoms-in-pennsylvania-…
July 21, 2020
ReImagine Appalachia seeks greener, more economically and racially just region
https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2020/07/21/reimagine-appalachia-new-…
July 13, 2020
Damning report on Pa.’s failure to protect residents from fracking unlikely to result in major reform
https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2020/07/fracking-pennsylvania-health-environmen…
July 09, 2020
Group hopes Grand Jury report will put health at center of fracking debate
https://www.alleghenyfront.org/group-hopes-grand-jury-report-will-put-health-at-…
July 03, 2020
Pennsylvania gas industry, environmentalists clash over grand jury report on drilling oversight
https://www.thecentersquare.com/pennsylvania/pennsylvania-gas-industry-environme…
June 27, 2020
‘I’m just so angry’: Residents welcome grand jury report slamming Pa. oversight of fracking industry
https://triblive.com/local/regional/im-just-so-angry-residents-welcome-grand-jur…
June 25, 2020
Pennsylvania’s attorney general releases scathing grand jury report on fracking industry, state regulators
https://www.inquirer.com/science/pennsylvania-fracking-hydraulic-fracturing-atto…
October 07, 2019
Health officials' claim of no cancer cluster angers Canon-McMillan crowd
https://www.post-gazette.com/local/washington/2019/10/07/Canon-mcmillan-ewing-sa…
October 07, 2019
Department of Health explains cancer cluster results; parents, concerned groups call on Gov. Wolf, DOH to investigate cancers
https://observer-reporter.com/news/localnews/department-of-health-explains-cance…
October 07, 2019
Is pollution causing childhood cancers in Canon-McMillan?
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2019/10/07/pollution-Ewing-sarcoma-Depa…
September 12, 2019
Environmental Groups Continue Push to Investigate Link to Fracking and Childhood Cancer
https://www.wtae.com/article/environmental-groups-continue-push-to-investigate-l…
September 12, 2019
Concerned Citizens Attend Meeting About Health and Environmental Concerns Related to Fracking
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2019/09/12/community-meeting-washington-fracking…
September 12, 2019
Childhood Cancers in the Canon-McMillan School District Prompt a Series of Public Meetings
https://www.post-gazette.com/local/washington/2019/09/12/Childhood-cancers-in-th…
September 12, 2019
Residents Gather at Meeting About Impacts of Fracking
https://observer-reporter.com/news/localnews/residents-gather-at-meeting-about-i…
July 28, 2019
DEP urged to close ‘loopholes’ in new regulation on VOCs and methane
https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2020/07/28/dep-urged-to-close-loopholes…
June 19, 2019
Calls for More Research, Drilling Concerns at Front of Minds During Community Meeting
https://observer-reporter.com/news/localnews/calls-for-more-research-drilling-co…
June 18, 2019
Panel Urges Studies to Pin Down Cause of Childhood Cancers in Region
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2019/06/18/childhood-cancer-Ewing-sarco…
October 17, 2018
Activists Blast Compressor Study
https://riverreporter.com/news/activists-blast-compressor-study
September 28, 2018
Judge Should Have Recused Himself in Fracking Decision
https://www.register-herald.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/judge-should-have-…
August 28, 2018
Infrared Camera Reveals Huge Oil & Gas Air Pollution Plume Near Erie Homes
https://earthworks.org/media-releases/infrared-camera-reveals-huge-oil-gas-air-p…
July 30, 2018
Health & Safety of People, Wildlife, Vegetation, Trees, Air, & Water - Now and for Decades to Come - is at Risk.
https://www.tapinto.net/towns/east-brunswick/articles/health-and-safety-of-peopl…
January 04, 2018
The Biggest Environmental Stories of 2017
https://www.ithaca.com/news/the-biggest-environmental-stories-of/article_e642e55…
December 29, 2017
Potential Danger Blowin’ in the North Salem Wind?
https://www.tapinto.net/towns/north-salem/articles/potential-danger-blowin-in-th…
December 26, 2017
Pittsburgh has Glaring Environmental Problems. So Why the Greenwashing?
https://www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-has-glaring-environmental-problems-so-wh…
November 15, 2017
Experts: Borger Station Expansion Could Have Health Risks
https://www.ithaca.com/news/experts-borger-station-expansion-could-have-health-r…
November 15, 2017
"The Public has a Right to Know": Fracking Companies Don't Have to Disclose Chemicals Linked to Health Concerns
https://www.marketplace.org/2017/11/15/sustainability/epas-legalized-suppression…
October 18, 2017
John Wells: Dominion Shouldn't Get Permit for Cove Point
https://www.capitalgazette.com/opinion/ac-ce-column-wells-20171017-story.html
May 24, 2017
Don’t Do It, Scotland: Fracking Warnings from Pennsylvania
https://theferret.scot/dont-scotland-fracking-warning-pennsylvania/
May 01, 2017
Registry Will Study Health Impact from Living Near Shale Gas Wells
https://www.post-gazette.com/business/powersource/2017/05/01/Registry-will-study…
April 12, 2017
Penn-Trafford Schools Reject Air Monitoring Offer from Anti-Fracking Group
https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/12185666-74/penn-trafford-schools-reject…
April 12, 2017
Penn-Trafford Schools Reject Air Monitoring Offer from Anti-Fracking Group
https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/12185666-74/penn-trafford-schools-reject…
April 04, 2017
Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project Tracks Fracking-Related Illnesses with New Registry
https://www.nextpittsburgh.com/environment/southwest-pennsylvania-environmental-…
April 04, 2017
The Shale Gas & Oil Health Registry: A Collective Step to Track the Impacts of Fracking
https://www.fractracker.org/2017/04/the-shale-gas-oil-health-registry/
March 28, 2017
Report shows Pennsylvania Fracking Companies Paying Few Fines for Environmental Infractions
https://www.pghcitypaper.com/Blogh/archives/2017/03/28/report-shows-pennsylvania…
February 27, 2017
Health Industry Makes Plea to Gas Drilling Lobby to Embrace Methane Controls
https://www.post-gazette.com/business/powersource/2017/02/27/health-industry-mak…
December 15, 2016
How One Resident Near Fracking Got the EPA to Pay Attention to Her Air Quality
https://www.publicsource.org/how-one-resident-near-fracking-got-the-epa-to-pay-a…
December 06, 2016
Fort Cherry Holds Vote Over Air-Quality Test Proposals
https://observer-reporter.com/news/localnews/fort-cherry-holds-vote-over-air-qua…
November 30, 2016
EPA's Late Changes to Fracking Study Downplay Risk of Drinking Water Pollution
https://www.marketplace.org/2016/11/29/world/epa-s-late-changes-fracking-study-p…
October 02, 2016
Court Ruling Leaves Holes in Pennsylvania Drilling Law
https://www.post-gazette.com/business/powersource/2016/10/02/Court-ruling-leaves…
September 28, 2016
Range Marcellus Pad Approved Near Fort Cherry Schools
https://observer-reporter.com/news/localnews/range-marcellus-pad-approved-near-f…
September 28, 2016
Council Hears Concerns About Gas, Oil Drilling
https://observer-reporter.com/news/localnews/council-hears-concerns-about-gas-oi…
August 14, 2016
Compressor Stations are a New Flashpoint in the Debate Over Natural Gas Extraction
https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-08-14/compressor-stations-are-new-flashpoint-de…
July 03, 2016
W.Pa. Residents Find Various Ways to Show Their Love of Country
https://triblive.com/news/allegheny/10676322-74/flags-chepanoske-patriotism
June 23, 2016
'It Just Ruined Everything - the Whole Life'
https://publicintegrity.org/environment/it-just-ruined-everything-the-whole-life…
June 22, 2016
People Near Wyoming Fracking Town Show Elevated Levels of Toxic Chemicals
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22062016/study-finds-toxic-oil-and-gas-chemic…
May 13, 2016
Pair Raising Awareness About Drilling
https://www.sharonherald.com/news/business/pair-raising-awareness-about-drilling…
April 28, 2016
Will Pennsylvania Cut Oil & Gas Air Pollution?
https://earthworks.org/blog/will_pennsylvania_cut_oil_gas_air_pollution/
April 07, 2016
Toxic Secrets: Companies Exploit Weak US Chemical Rules To Hide Fracking Risks
http://www.pfpi.net/toxic-secrets-companies-exploit-weak-us-chemical-rules-to-hi…
April 06, 2016
‘The Monster of Minisink,’ a Cautionary Tale
https://www.recorder.com/Opinion/Columns/-The-Monster-of-Minisink---a-cautionary…
April 06, 2016
Public Health Campaigners Renew Call for Fracking Health Registry
https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2016/04/06/public-health-campaigners-re…
March 12, 2016
Brine Used on Local Roads Isn't Fracking Byproduct
https://www.alliednews.com/news/local_news/brine-used-on-local-roads-isn-t-frack…
March 09, 2016
The Fracked Gas Power Plant That Could Put New York City Underwater
https://www.ecowatch.com/the-fracked-gas-power-plant-that-could-put-new-york-cit…
February 27, 2016
Shale Health Registry in Works
https://www.alliednews.com/news/shale-health-registry-in-works/article_f4f30b99-…
February 18, 2016
What Will Be the Health Impact of 100+ Days of Exposure to California's Methane Leak?
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17022016/health-impacts-aliso-canyon-porter-r…
February 12, 2016
League of Women Voters Examines Health Issues Related to Shale Drilling
https://www.meadvilletribune.com/news/local_news/league-of-women-voters-examines…
January 31, 2016
Residents Encouraged to Conduct Air Tests Near Pipeline Compressor Site Before Construction
https://goinggreen.recorder.com/2016/01/31/residents-encouraged-to-conduct-air-t…
January 27, 2016
Researchers to Present Health Hazard Findings Regarding Pipeline Stations
https://goinggreen.recorder.com/2016/01/27/researchers-to-present-health-hazard-…
December 11, 2015
How to Measure Indoor Air Pollution
https://www.utne.com/environment/indoor-air-pollution-ze0z1512zbay
November 24, 2015
Drilling, Emergency Preparedness, & Public Engagement
https://www.fractracker.org/2015/11/emergency-preparedness/
October 21, 2015
PennEnvironment Releases Report on fracking Near Schools, Nursing Homes and Hospitals
https://www.pghcitypaper.com/Blogh/archives/2015/10/21/pennenvironment-releases-…
October 20, 2015
Research Center Releases Report on Proximity of Fracking Operations to Vulnerable Population, New Coalition Launched
https://www.timesleader.com/news/490030/research-center-releases-report-on-proxi…
August 01, 2015
Gas Compressors and Nose Bleeds
https://www.utne.com/environment/gas-compressors-and-nose-bleeds-zm0z15fzsau
July 15, 2015
Parents Protest Fracking Near Schools
https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2015/07/15/parents-protest-fracking-nea…
June 29, 2015
Fracking Poses Threats to Public Health, Say Experts
https://appalachianchronicle.com/2015/06/29/fracking-poses-threats-to-public-hea…
June 24, 2015
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Pennsylvania Records Shed Light on Shale-Related Health Concerns
http://powersource.post-gazette.com/powersource/home-powersource/2015/06/24/Shal…
May 20, 2015
Inside Climate News: In Heavily Fracked Ohio County, Unsafe Levels of Toxic Pollutants
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/19052015/heavily-fracked-ohio-county-unsafe-le…
May 12, 2015
Observer-Reporter: McMurray Group Pushes for Fracking Health Registry
http://www.observer-reporter.com/article/20150512/NEWS01/150519857
April 29, 2015
Observer-Reporter: Dozens Comment on Drilling Regulations at Washington & Jefferson College
http://www.observer-reporter.com/article/20150429/NEWS01/150429282
March 02, 2015
The Dallas Morning News: Studies Explore Concerns About Natural-Gas Production and Health
February 20, 2015
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Fracking Application Under Review in Penn Township
http://powersource.post-gazette.com/powersource/policy-powersource/2015/02/20/Fr…
December 18, 2014
Baltimore Fishbowl: Fracking’s Air Pollution: Disgusting, Toxic and Legal
http://www.baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/frackings-air-pollution-disgusting-toxi…
November 11, 2014
Observer-Reporter: Yale Study Shows Potential Link Between Health Ailments, Gas Wells
http://www.observer-reporter.com/article/20140911/NEWS01/140919876
October 01, 2014
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader: Senators Ask How to Address Fracking-Related Health Issues
http://timesleader.com/archive/237085
August 15, 2014
From the Styx: SWPA-EHP: A Model for Fracking States
https://fromthestyx.wordpress.com/2014/08/15/swpa-ehp-a-model-for-fracking-state…
July 19, 2014
Observer-Reporter: Air Monitors Provided to Residents Near Marcellus Sites
http://www.observer-reporter.com/article/20140719/NEWS080101/140719418#.VC7ck_ld…
April 30, 2014
PublicSource: With No Health Registry, PA Doesn’t Know the Impact of Fracking on Health: Other Studies are Underfunded
http://publicsource.org/investigations/with-no-health-registry-pa-doesn-t-know-i…
April 28, 2014
New Castle News: Dangers of Fracking the topic at Villa Maria
http://www.ncnewsonline.com/opinion/dangers-of-fracking-the-topic-at-villa-maria…
April 27, 2014
Al Jazeera America: Texas: When Fracking Comes to Town
http://america.aljazeera.com/features/2014/4/texas-when-frackingcomestotown.html
April 03, 2014
The Center for Public Integrity: Air Monitoring in Fracking Areas Fails to Detect Spikes in Toxic Emissions, New Study Says
http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/04/03/14514/air-monitoring-fracking-areas-fa…
April 01, 2014
ProPublica: In Fracking Fight, a Worry about how Best to Measure Health Threats
http://www.propublica.org/article/in-fracking-fight-a-worry-about-how-best-to-me…
March 19, 2014
El Universale (in Spanish): NGO’s Address Health Impact of Extraction of “Shale Gas”
http://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/finanzas-cartera/2014/impreso/revisar-impacto-…
February 22, 2014
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Act 13 ruling Buoys Residents near Trax Farm Gas Well: Union Township Homeowners Want More Local Control
http://powersource.post-gazette.com/powersource/features-powersource/2014/02/23/…
September 27, 2013
Observer-Reporter: Study: Gas Wells Leave People “Vulnerable” to Health Hazards
http://www.observer-reporter.com/article/20130924/NEWS01/130929675#.UkWx3o3ahOd
August 25, 2013
The Washington Post: Fracking Health Study Provides Numbers for the Debate
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/fracking-health-study-pro…
May 04, 2013
The Times-Tribune: PA House Democrats Seek More Drilling Safeguards
http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/house-democrats-seek-more-drilling-safeguards-1…
May 02, 2013
The Nation: The Downwinders: Fracking Ourselves to Death in Pennsylvania
March 09, 2013
Albany Times Union: Assessing the Health Risks of Fracking
http://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/Assessing-the-risks-of-fracking-434259…
February 13, 2013
News@Fairfield: EHP’s Dr. David Brown wins the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Vision Award
http://news.fairfield.edu/TopStories/TopStoryHeadline,26810,en.html
November 13, 2012
Marcellus Outreach Butler: An Urgent Call to Action from David Brown
http://www.marcellusoutreachbutler.org/mob-blog/an-urgent-call-to-action-from-da…
September 24, 2012
Climate Howard Blog: Days of Fracking Rage
https://climatehoward.wordpress.com/2012/09/24/days-of-fracking-rage/
September 02, 2012
The Times Tribune: Studies on Impact of Drilling Seek Funds
http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/gas-drilling/studies-on-impact-of-drilling-seek…
May 15, 2012
NPR: Sick From Fracking? Doctors, Patients Seek Answers
http://www.npr.org/2012/05/15/152268475/sick-from-fracking-doctors-patients-seek…
April 11, 2012
AP: Docs say Drilling Law Hurts Health
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/04/11/ap-enterprise-docs-say-drilling-law-hurts-h…
March 19, 2012
Breaking Energy Blog: Center Seeks To Shed Light On Fracking And Health
http://breakingenergy.com/2012/03/19/center-seeks-to-shed-light-on-fracking-and-…
February 24, 2012
Nonprofit Quarterly: Nonprofit to Work With the “Canaries” in the Shale Mine
http://nonprofitquarterly.org/2012/02/24/nonprofit-to-work-with-the-canaries-in-…
February 21, 2012
FracTracker: Shale Health Office Available for Southwest PA Residents
http://www.fractracker.org/2012/02/shale-health-office-available-for-southwest-p…
February 21, 2012
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: First-ever shale health office opens: Nonprofit program to assess effects of rampant gas development
http://old.post-gazette.com/pg/12052/1211615-113-0.stm