The FracTracker Alliance, Clean Air Council, and the Halt The Harm Network are hosting a November 14 webinar on Protected Zones - Setbacks From Oil and Gas Facilities In California, Colorado and PA from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

The science is clear-- the farther you live, work, and play from oil & gas drilling and infrastructure, the less risk to your health.

Translating that into effective safeguards against oil & gas pollution is an important way to fight back against the health and environmental harms of the industry.

Organizers from California, Colorado, and Pennsylvania will be part of a moderated panel where they’ll exchange their experiences with fighting for setbacks, state and local challenges to passing and implementing setbacks, and what the future of these safeguards may look like in each state.

From California, Woody Little of Last Chance Alliance, Kobi Naseck from VISIÓN, and Cesar Aguirre from CCEJN will talk about how the 3,200 foot setback bill victory (SB1137) was achieved and what activists are doing to build on this victory and ensure the safeguards are properly implemented.

Lauren Petrie from Colorado Rising, Laurie Anderson from the Broomfield City Council, and Kate Christensen from 350 Colorado will discuss the current 2,000’ setback established by a regulatory rule and the challenges organizers have faced in getting public health setbacks implemented.

Andrew Woomer from Clean Air Council and Matt Kelso from FracTracker Alliance will discuss challenges in the Pennsylvania political landscape for establishing local and state-level setback requirements.

Click Here to register and for more information.

Upcoming Events:

-- Protect PT Hosts 4-Part Online Living Near Shale Gas Community Training Workshops Starting Nov. 10 - Documenting Complaints  [PaEN]

-- PA League Of Women Voters, University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health Host 2022 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference Online Nov. 15-16

Related Articles This Week:

-- What Can We Expect From Gov. Shapiro, Lt. Gov. Davis On Environmental, Energy Issues?  [PaEN]

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Environmentalists Breathe Sigh Of Relief In PA With Midterm Election Results, But Shapiro’s, Fetterman’s Policies On Key Issues Remain Uncertain

-- Washington Examiner: Natural Gas-Friendly Message Helped Fuel Democrat Shapiro’s PA Win

-- Observer-Reporter: Ongoing Water Donation Drive Helping Dozens Of Greene County Families Who Haven’t Had Clean Drinking Water Since June Following Alleged ‘Frack-Out’ At Natural Gas Well Site  [PaEN]

-- Bob Donnan Blog/WTAE: Washington County Family Files Landmark Lawsuit Over Hazardous Chemicals And Chevron/EQT Shale Gas Drilling

-- WTAE: Lawsuit By Washington County Homeowner Says Fracking Caused PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ To Contaminate His Drinking Water 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Washington County Family Sues Chevron, EQT Over Shale Gas Well Pads Near House

-- Observer-Reporter: Range Resources Part Of DEP Investigation Into High Methane Levels In 2 Homes In South Strabane Twp., Washington County 

-- E&E News - Heather Richards: Biden Orphan Well Plan Faces Trouble In PA: ‘All For Naught’ If DEP Can’t Stop New Oil & Gas Well Abandonments

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: In Fracking’s ‘Ground Zero’ - Dimock, Susquehanna County - PA Residents Feel Left Behind - Part I

-- Public Source: DEP Promises To Monitor Shell Ethane Plant, Look Into All Citizen Complaints

-- Public Source: Citizen Scientists Prepare To Monitor Shell Ethane Plant In Beaver County

-- Guest Essay: Stop Giving Handouts To Natural Gas Industry, Make Them Clean Up Their Own Messes And Protect Public Health - By Mitchell Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network; Jacquelyn Omotalade, Environmental Health Project; Melissa Ostroff, MPH, Earthworks  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Our Leaders Need To Stop Negotiating With The Fossil-Fuel Industry Behind Closed Doors And Protect Public Health And Our Children - By Lois Bower-Bjornson, Clean Air Council and Washington County Resident  [PaEN]

-- Tribune-Democrat Guest Editorial: State Insists On Paying Natural Gas Polluters In $2 Billion Tax Credit Package

-- FracTracker Alliance, Clean Air Council, Other Groups Hosting Nov. 14 Webinar On Protected Zones: Setbacks From Oil & Gas Facilities In California, Colorado, PA  [PaEN]

-- NEW FEATURE: Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 5 To 11  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment  [PaEN]  

-- DEP Issues Revised Chapter 102 Permit For Mariner East II Pipeline Post Construction Stormwater Management BMPs In Delaware County [PaEN]

-- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Accepting Comments On Draft EIS For Ohio Valley Connector Natural Gas Pipeline In Greene County Until Nov. 21  [PaEN]

-- Reuters: Williams Urges FERC To Approve Regional Energy Access Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion Affecting 6 Counties In PA  [PaEN]

-- EPA Unveils Proposed Methane Pollution Reduction Standards Covering Oil & Gas Facilities, Including Conventional Oil & Gas Wells  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: Franklin, Venango County, Poised To Become The Next Great ‘Outdoor Town’  [Except for the dumping and negative environmental impacts of the conventional oil & gas industry]

NewsClips:

-- Republican Herald Editorial: State Lawmakers Should Adopt Rules That Preclude State Taxpayers From Subsidizing Pollution From Oil & Gas Industry  [PaEN]

-- York Dispatch Editorial: Energy Companies Are Reporting Record Profits, PA Lawmakers Don’t Need To Give Them More Tax Breaks  [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Subsidizing Pollution - Taxpayers Pay $1.7 Billion To Subsidize Shell Ethane Plant In Beaver County

-- TribLive Editorial: State Fines Should Be Higher Than Tax Cuts To Penalize Environmental Leaks [PaEN]

-- Tribune-Democrat Guest Editorial: State Insists On Paying Natural Gas Polluters In $2 Billion Tax Credit Package

Related Articles - Oil & Gas Health Impacts:

-- Environmental Health News: A Guide To Environmental Health In Southwestern PA

-- On-Demand Webinar: Creating A Healthy Home And Community With Shale Gas Development In Your Neighborhood  [PaEN]

-- Protect PT’s Home Resource Guide contains four sections--

        -- Complaints and Compliance

        -- Emergency and Disaster Preparedness

        -- Air Pollution   &   Water Pollution

        -- Noise Pollution

-- Environmental Health Project Blog: 7 Questions You Should Ask Every Candidate About Shale Gas Development And Public Health

-- 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  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health Project: PA’s Natural Gas Boom - What Went Wrong? Why Does It Matter?  What Can We Do Better To Protect Public Health?  [PaEN]

-- 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  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health Project: Setback Distances And The Regulations We Need To Protect Public Health From Oil & Gas Facilities  [PaEN]

-- Study: Industry Data Shows Hazardous Air Pollutants Are ‘Ubiquitous’ In The Natural Gas Transmission System; More Justification For Robust Leak Prevention Programs

-- Washington County Community Meeting Updates Residents On PA Health & Environment Studies, Discusses Health Impacts Of Shale Gas Development

-- Preliminary Results From New Penn State Study Find Increased Cancer, Health Risks From Road Dumping Conventional Drilling Wastewater, Especially For Children  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Potential For Environmental Impacts From Spills Or Leaks Of Radioactive Oil & Gas Waste Materials Is Real; Health Dept. Not Aware Of All Chemicals In Oil & Gas Wastewater Making Risk Assessment Difficult   [PaEN]

-- DEP: PA Fracking Operations Sent Nearly 236,000 Cubic Feet Of Radioactive TENORM Waste To Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facilities For Disposal In 2021 - 811,070 Since 2016

-- Penn State Study: Potential Pollution Caused By Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Makes It Unsuitable For A Dust Suppressant, Washes Right Off The Road Into The Ditch  [PaEN]

-- The Science Says: Spreading Conventional Drilling Wastewater On Dirt & Gravel Roads Can Harm Aquatic Life, Poses Health Risks To Humans - And It Damages The Roads  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health Project - Part 1: Personal Narrative Of Environmental, Health Impacts From Oil & Gas Drilling On Siri Lawson, Warren County [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health Project - Part II: Personal Narrative Of Environmental, Health Impacts From Oil & Gas Drilling On Siri Lawson, Warren County  [PaEN]

-- University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Recruiting Families In Southwest PA For Study Of Childhood Cancer, One Of 3 Studies Of Potential Health Impacts Linked To Shale Natural Gas Development [PaEN]

[Posted: November 10, 2022]

11/14/2022