Fracking Health Project Puts Numbers to Debate
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A project examining the local health impacts from natural gas drilling is providing some of the first preliminary numbers about people who may be affected, and the results challenge the industry position that no one suffers but also suggest the...Pitt Institute of Politics’ Shale Gas Roundtable Released Findings
Pitt Institute of Politics’ Shale Gas Roundtable releases its findings, including proposing an independent shale gas research fund modeled after Boston’s Health Effects Institute, which has been advising the Roundtable. “The roundtable found that scientific research...Shale Production at All-Time High
By Anya Litvak / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Marcellus Shale producers may bemoan the low price of natural gas, but production marches forward. In the first half of this year, companies broke another record and produced 1.4 trillion cubic feet of gas, according to new...Follow Us
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Environment – Pittsburgh Post Gazette
- Los Angeles' 2 biggest blazes burn at least 10,000 structures while new fire leads to more evacuations January 10, 2025
- Schools cancel classes across parts of the South as another burst of winter storms move in January 9, 2025
- Officials say more than 10,000 structures have burned in the Los Angeles-area fires January 9, 2025
- Catastrophic weather drove insured losses last year to highest level since 2017 January 9, 2025