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  Link   Dallas-Fort Worth earthquakes coincident with activity associated with natural gas production
Research from SMU and UT at Austin reveals that the operation of a saltwater injection disposal well in the area was a "plausible cause" for the series of small earthquakes that occurred in the area between Oct. 30, 2008, and May 16, 2009.
  Link   What you need to know about natural gas production
TEDX The Endocrine Disruption Exchange Chemicals in Natural Gas Operations What you need to know about natural gas production Dr. Colborn has delivered her talk "What You Need to Know About Natural Gas Production" many times across the country.
  Link   The Endocrine Disruption Exchange
TEDX's primary focus is endocrine disruption. TEDX also explores the effects of other chemicals that, like endocrine disruptors, undermine the potential of humans and animals.
  Link   Standards to ensure that water supplies are protected from natural gas drilling
Statement of Dusty Horwitt, JD Senior Analyst for Public Lands, Environmental Working Group Oversight Hearing on Natural Gas Drilling in the New York City Watershed Before the New York City Council Committee on Environmental Protection
  Link   Oil Shale and Tas Sands PEIS Maps
Maps for the Oil Shale and Tar Sands Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS).
  Link   National Wildlife Federation - Oil Shale Water Resources
DOE Office of Petroleum Reserves – Strategic Unconventional Fuels Fact Sheet: Oil Shale Water Resources
  Link   National Wildlife Federation - About Oil Shale
Oil Shale: Bad for Wildlife, Water, Climate Change, and the Western Way of Life
  Link   OGAP - Fracking Fact Sheet
A brief overview of the issues 1/17/2006
  Link   OGAP - Pits Fact Sheet
Contamination and regulation issues 1/17/2006
  Link   OGAP - Oil and Gas Air Pollution Fact Sheet
Air pollution from oil and gas facilities 10/20/2005
  Link   Oil & Gas Accountability Project (OGAP)
Contaminants associated with the various stages of oil and gas development 1/17/2006
  Link   Our Public Lands
Oil and Gas Drilling 101 Information gathered from San Joaquin Geological Society, PetroStrategies, Inc., Society of Petroleum Engineers, How Stuff Works and the Oil and Gas Accountability Project
  Link   Natural Resources Defense Council
Oil and gas production releases pollution that can have serious impacts on people's health and the surrounding air, water, and land.
  Link   State of California Environmental Protections Agency
Toxic chemicals released during oil and gas operations.
  Link   Ozone and Gas Production
EPA cost/benefit analyses show that the payback of meeting the new ozone standard is around $8.50 for every dollar spent on reducing ozone.
  Link   Sierra Club Chronicles, Episode 4: Range Wars Rage On
"A traditional New Mexico ranching couple Tweeti and Linn Blancett, lead their cattle up a slope, past a natural gas drilling platform and around industrial equipment that occupies the once-pristine public land where their cattle used to graze undist
  Link   Highway Freight Traffic Associated with the Development of Oil and Gas Welss
The following is a basic outline of the steps involved in developing a new oil or gas well in the Uinta Basin of northeastern Utah, with a focus on the amount of truck traffic generated by each step in the process.
  Link   Sierra Club
Rio Grande Sierra Club
  Link   New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resource Department
New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resource Department