The Center For Coalfield Justice hosts an in-person August 20 program featuring local reporter David Templeton discussing his investigations into rare childhood cancers in Southwest PA that lead to the recent University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health studies.

The program will be held at the California United Methodist Church, 227 3rd Street in Washington County starting at 6:30 p.m.

Recent studies show that living near Marcellus shale operations can affect your child's health.

Join your neighbors and MAD-FACTS to connect with other community members who are concerned about pollution from industry.

Together we can learn about industry practices and how to make changes to better protect our families' health.

Click Here to register and learn more about this program.

For more information on programs, initiatives, upcoming events and how you can get involved, visit the Center For Coalfield Justice website.

Resource Links:

-- University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Studies Find Shale Gas Wells Can Make Asthma Worse; Children Have An Increased Chance Of Developing Lymphoma Cancer; Slightly Lower Birth Weights  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health Project Finds Results ‘Very Concerning’ From University Of Pittsburgh Studies Showing Links Between Natural Gas Development And Lymphoma Cancer, Worsening Asthma Conditions, Lower Birth Weights  [PaEN]

-- State Dept. Of Health Apologizes For Not Listening To Communities Suffering Health Impacts From Shale Gas Development; New Health Study Results ‘Just The Tip Of The Iceberg’  [PaEN]

-- State Dept. Of Health Invites Citizens To File Environmental Health Complaints Related To Natural Gas Development; Health Will Also Review Environmental Test Results  [PaEN]

-- 9th Compendium Of Studies On Health & Environmental Harms From Natural Gas Development Released - ‘The Rapidly Expanding Body Of Evidence Compiled Here Is Massive, Troubling And Cries Out For Decisive Action’  [PaEN]

-- We’ve Heard This Before: ‘We’re Providing Jobs - Stopping Pollution Threatens Jobs’ - A Brief Review Of Pennsylvania’s Conservation History [PaEN]

PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards:

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - August 3 to 9 - Diversified Prod LLC Fails To Comply With Order To Plug Abandoned Shale Gas Wells;  700 Abandoned Conventional Well Violations  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - August 10 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 62 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In August 10 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 

Related Articles This Week:

-- Erie Times: How PA's Oil & Gas Industry Continues To Illegally Dump Wastewater On Roads Across The State  [PaEN]

-- Residents, Environmental Groups, Advocates To Hold A Stand With Dimock Day On Aug. 16 In Montrose, Susquehanna County [PaEN]

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Aug. 20 In-Person Program On Investigations Into Rare Childhood Cancers In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health Project Contributes To New Book On Sustainable Development & Rural Public Health - From Fossil Fuels To Greener Futures  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Pennsylvania May Not Be Able To Keep All The Lights On In Four Years -  By Terry Fitzpatrick, Energy [Utilities] Association Of PA  [PaEN]

NewsClips:

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Fracking And Harris - How Close Is Too Close? - By Terrie Baumgardner, Clean Air Council’s Beaver County Outreach Coordinator

-- Erie Times - How PA’s Oil & Gas Industry Illegally Dumps Waste On Roads Across The State

-- Courier Times: How PA’s Oil & Gas Industry Illegally Dump Wastewater On Roads Across The State

-- NPJ Climate Action: Community Rights And Energy Politics In Lycoming County

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: DEP Won’t Use Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners To Plug Abandoned Wells - By Commonwealth Foundation [Factually Wrong On Plugging Contracts + Conventional Well Owners Own Tens Of Thousands Of Abandoned Wells + They Got 687 Violations For Abandoning Wells So Far In 2024, One Well Owner Abandoned 120 Last Week Alone]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Diversified Energy Grows Via Culling, Harvesting Mature Conventional Gas Wells  [PDF of article]

-- City & State PA Guest Essay: New Gas, Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Rules Must Be Enacted For The Health Of Current And Future Generations - By State Sen. Nikil Saval (D-Philadelphia) and Pete Gosar, Wyoming, Western Leaders & Appalachian Leaders Voices

-- FracTracker Alliance: PA Oil & Gas Industry Trends - Drilled Wells, Violations, Production, Waste

-- FracTracker Alliance: How Fracking Bans Protect Communities And The Environment

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Shale Drilling Becomes Leaner & Meaner, Lowering Costs  [PDF of article]

-- TribLive Podcast: Looking Back At The Plum Boro Natural Gas Home Explosion In Allegheny County

-- WFMZ: Natural Gas Leak Prompts Evacuations, Road Closure In Palmer Twp., Northampton County 

-- AG Henry Announces Settlement With Titan Gas, LLC Over Alleged Unlawful Telemarketing Practices

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Emma Lewis, Shell Senior VP Of Chemicals Wants To Build Trust And A Legacy At Shell’s Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County

-- Beaver County Times: Native Tree Nursery & Forest Education Center Groundbreaking In Brady’s Run Park [Supported By Shell Petrochemical Plant Penalty Mitigation Fund]

-- Reuters: Petrochemical Makers Battle Global Glut

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Despite The Risks, Pennsylvania Races Into The Geologic Carbon Capture Era

-- Utility Dive: Dominion Energy Says Its Ratepayers Will Be Insulated From PJM Capacity Auction Record High Prices

-- Utility Dive: Constellation Energy Raises 2024 Profit Guidance Amid PJM Load Growth, Tighter Power Supplies

-- Utility Dive: Federal Court Vacates FERC’s Reapproval Of 2 LNG Gas Export Terminals, Gas Pipeline

-- Washington Examiner: US DOE Files Appeal To Continue Pause On New LNG Gas Export Facility Permits

-- E&E News: Oil And Gas Jobs Decline Amid Record-Breaking Production

-- Reuters: US Natural Gas Producers Eye More Output Cuts As Prices Sink

-- Reuters: US EIA Forecasts Larger Decline In US Natural Gas Output For 2024, Citing Record Low Prices That Prompted Producers To Curtail Gas Production

-- Reuters: US EIA Sees Tighter US Oil Market For 2024, Lowers Price Outlook

-- Reuters: Natural Gas Price Shocks Play Greater Role In Euro Zone Inflation, ECB Paper Says

-- AP: Harris Once Wanted To Ban Fracking; Ex-President Wants Voters In Energy-Rich Pennsylvania To Remember

-- Inside Climate News: In PA’s Competitive US Senate Race, Fracking Takes Center Stage

[Posted: August 5, 2024]

8/12/2024