On-going General Reporting on Fracking
- Pro Publica: Gas Drilling’s Environmental Threat
- Bloomberg: Shale Gas and Fracking
- New York Times: Drilling Down examines the risks of natural-gas drilling and efforts to regulate this rapidly growing industry
Special Focus: Trade Secrets and Limiting Chemical Disclosure
Articles
- Bloomberg: Fracking Secrets by Thousands Keep U.S. Clueless on Wells
- Nicholas Kusnetz, Pro Publica: Critics Find Gaps in State Laws to Disclose Hydrofracking Chemicals
- Ellen M. Gilmer, EnergyWire: Fracking fluid suppliers defend trade secrets on West Coast, March 12, 2013
Reports
- Natural Resources Defense Council analysis: State fracking disclosure laws fall painfully short
- OMB WATCH, The Right to Know, The Responsibility to Protect: State Actions Are Inadequate to Ensure Effective Disclosure of the Chemicals Used in Natural Gas Fracking
Articles and Reports
- Michelle Bamberger and Robert E. Oswald, Impacts of Gas Drilling on Human and Animal Health
- Colborn T, Schultz K, Herrick L, and Kwiatkowski C. 2012 (in press). An exploratory study of air quality near natural gas operations. Hum Ecol Risk Assess.
- United States House Of Representatives Committee On Energy And Commerce Minority Staff, Chemicals Used In Hydraulic Fracturing, April 2011
- Lisa M. McKenzie, Roxana Z. Witter, Lee S. Newman, John L. Adgate, Human Health Risk Assessment of Air Emissions From Development of Unconventional Natural Gas Resources, NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, Volume 22, Number 1 (2012) 51 – 77
- Steven E. Weinberger, M.D., Hal C. Lawrence, III, M.D., Douglas E. Henley, M.D., Errol R. Alden, M.D., and David B. Hoyt, M.D., Legislative Interference with the Patient–Physician Relationship, N Engl J Med 2012; 367:1557-1559
Film/Videos
- Gasland: a film by Josh Fox
- Tiger General Inc, Shale Fracking Process (6 min.)
- Dr. Ingraffea Facts on Fracking (1 hr, 45 min.)
- Theo Colborn, Natural Gas: The Rest of the Story (24 min)
- University of Pittsburgh, Integrated Guidance for Persons with Health Concerns from Water and Air Exposures During Natural Gas Extraction, David R. Brown and Jane E. Clougherty MSc, ScD. (26 min.)
Policies being developed
Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR)
South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD)
California Legislature
- SB 4 (Pavley) Omnibus regulations on hydraulic fracturing
- SB 395 (Jackson) Oil and gas wastewater classified as hazardous waste
- SB 665 (Wolk) Bonding levels
- AB 7 (Wieckowski) Disclosure and trade secrets
- AB 288 (Levine) Positive approval/time period
- AB 649 (Nazarian) Moratorium on fracking near water
- AB 669 (Stone) Wastewater approval
- AB 982 (Williams) Groundwater monitoring Sponsor: Clean Water Action
- AB 1301 (Bloom) Moratorium on fracking
- AB 1323 (Mitchell) Moratorium on fracking