EARTHWORKS Library
Draft EA Tintina Alaska Exploration, Inc., Black Butte Copper Project Comments
PUBLICATION DATE: August 1, 2013
AUTHOR: Earthworks
Joint enviro letter in support of SHARED Act
PUBLICATION DATE: July 31, 2013
AUTHOR: Earthworks, et al
SUMMARY: Joint enviro letter in support of Representative Schakowsky's SHARED Act to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require pre/post drilling water testing.
Cycle of Fracking Denial
PUBLICATION DATE: July 31, 2013
AUTHOR: Earthworks
SUMMARY: How gag orders prevent harmed families from sharing their story with the public
Meeting Follow-up - Thank You Letter to PA DEP
PUBLICATION DATE: July 22, 2013
AUTHOR: Earthworks et. al.
Earthworks Journal Summer 2013
PUBLICATION DATE: July 19, 2013
AUTHOR: Earthworks
SUMMARY: Special 25th Anniversary Edition
HR 761: Threatening Water Resources, Disenfranchising Communities
PUBLICATION DATE: July 8, 2013
AUTHOR: Earthworks
Testimony of Earthworks’ Policy Director Lauren Pagel before Energy & Minerals Subcommittee
PUBLICATION DATE: June 13, 2013
AUTHOR: Lauren Pagel
SUMMARY: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources oversight hearing titled “Mining in America: The Administration’s Use of Claim Maintenance Fees and Cleanup of Abandoned Mine Lands.”
RE: AB 7 (Oil and gas: hydraulic fracturing) OPPOSE unless amended
PUBLICATION DATE: June 11, 2013
AUTHOR: Earthworks et. al.
Proposed Legislation Regarding 25 Pa. Code Section 102.14
PUBLICATION DATE: June 11, 2013
AUTHOR: Earthworks et. al.
Earthworks’ 2012 Audited Financial Statement
PUBLICATION DATE: June 6, 2013
AUTHOR: Dunham, Aukamp & Rhodes, PLC
Scoping comments on the February 2014 Tres Rios Field Office oil and gas lease sale
PUBLICATION DATE: June 3, 2013
AUTHOR: Earthworks et. al.
Joint letter to EDF opposing CSSD endorsement
PUBLICATION DATE: May 22, 2013
AUTHOR: Earthworks, Civil Society Institute, et al
SUMMARY: A joint letter castigating EDF for supporting the Center for Sustainable Shale Development (CSSD)
More Shine Than Substance
PUBLICATION DATE: May 22, 2013
AUTHOR: Earthworks, et al
SUMMARY: How RJC certification fails to create responsible jewelry
Earthworks’ Hydraulic Fracturing Position Statement: Put Communities First
PUBLICATION DATE: May 3, 2013
AUTHOR: Earthworks
Polluting the Future
PUBLICATION DATE: May 1, 2013
AUTHOR: Bonnie Gestring, Lisa Sumi
SUMMARY: How mining companies are polluting our nation’s waters in perpetuity
Group letter opposing Pennsylvania *Marcellus Works* Natural Gas Incentives Bill
PUBLICATION DATE: April 9, 2013
AUTHOR: Earthworks, PennEnvironment, et al
SUMMARY: Letter to Pennsylvania state representatives opposing to natural gas usage incentives in House Bills 301-309
Investigating Links Between Shale Gas Development and Health Impacts through a Community Survey
PUBLICATION DATE: April 3, 2013
AUTHOR: Nadia Steinzor, Wilma Subra and Lisa Sumi
Testimony of Jennifer Krill before US House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
PUBLICATION DATE: March 21, 2013
AUTHOR: Jennifer Krill
SUMMARY: Hardrock mining companies in the United States enjoy subsidies and loopholes that create an extremely friendly regulatory environment for them.
Joint NGO letter in support of the FRESHER Act
PUBLICATION DATE: March 14, 2013
AUTHOR: Earthworks, et al
SUMMARY: 2013 Polis-Cartwright bill to end Clean Water Act exemption for oil and gas production stormwater runoff
Joint NGO letter in support of the BREATHE Act
PUBLICATION DATE: March 14, 2013
AUTHOR: Earthworks, et al
SUMMARY: 2013 Polis-Cartwright bill to end Clean Air Act exemption for oil and gas production
Call to investigate the EPA for its withdrawal of legal action against Range Resources
PUBLICATION DATE: February 11, 2013
AUTHOR: Earthworks et. al.
LNG Export Study and Request for Comment
PUBLICATION DATE: January 28, 2013
AUTHOR: EARTHWORKS et al
SUMMARY: The LNG study, currently offered for comment, can in no way be considered a cumulative impact study as it fails to consider some of the most profound and costly impacts of LNG export.
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Re: Cancellation of meeting on DEP Water Testing and Notices of Violations Procedures Related to Sha
PUBLICATION DATE: January 25, 2013
AUTHOR: EARTHWORKS et al
Tell the SRBC: See the Big Picture, Save the Susquehanna!
PUBLICATION DATE: January 23, 2013
AUTHOR: EARTHWORKS
SUMMARY: The beautiful and powerful Susquehanna River stretches 400 miles, provides drinking water to millions of people, and supports wildlife and unique environments. Yet even with the expansion of natural gas development, no agency has taken the time to understand how it affects the watershed, let alone how to prevent impacts. Working together, we can change that.
Comments on the Revised Draft Regulations on High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing
PUBLICATION DATE: January 11, 2013
AUTHOR: EARTHWORKS
Rebuttal Statement of Colorado Environmental Coalition: statewide water sampling and monitoring
PUBLICATION DATE: January 4, 2013
AUTHOR: EARTHWORKS et al
Rebuttal Statement of Colorado Environmental Coalition et al
PUBLICATION DATE: January 4, 2013
AUTHOR: EARTHWORKS et al
Joint Letter to New York Department of Health Regarding Fracking Health Review
PUBLICATION DATE: December 18, 2012
AUTHOR: Earthworks, et al
SUMMARY: Our groups write today to call on the Administration to commit to conducting a robust, comprehensive and – above all – open process as you proceed in your consideration of the potential health impacts associated with proposed high-volume hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in New York State.
Protest of the Tres Rios February 2013 Oil and Gas Lease Sale Parcels
PUBLICATION DATE: December 14, 2012
AUTHOR: Earthworks et. al.
Chetco Wild and Scenic River Mineral Withdrawal #39161
PUBLICATION DATE: December 14, 2012
AUTHOR: EARTHWORKS
Letter to Congressional Delegation re: Chetco River Protection Act
PUBLICATION DATE: December 14, 2012
AUTHOR: EARTHWORKS
Letter to the Canadian Embassy Regarding the El Salvador v. Pacific Rim Mining Corp.
PUBLICATION DATE: November 12, 2012
AUTHOR: Earthworks et. al.
Petition to Add Oil and Gas Extraction to the Toxics Release Inventory
PUBLICATION DATE: October 24, 2012
AUTHOR: Environmental Integrity Project, Earthworks, and others
Attractiveness of the United States for Mineral Investment
PUBLICATION DATE: October 22, 2012
AUTHOR: Aaron Mintzes
Gas Patch Roulette: Full Report
PUBLICATION DATE: October 18, 2012
AUTHOR: Nadia Steinzor, Wilma Subra and Lisa Sumi
SUMMARY: The shale gas (and oil) boom enabled by horizontal hydraulic fracturing has been accompanied by increasing reports of health problems attributed to pollution from oil and gas development. The relationship between expanding development and health problems is hotly disputed—and is the focus of this research project.
Gas Patch Roulette: Summary Report
PUBLICATION DATE: October 18, 2012
AUTHOR: Nadia Steinzor, Alan Septoff
SUMMARY: The shale gas (and oil) boom enabled by horizontal hydraulic fracturing has been accompanied by increasing reports of health problems attributed to pollution from oil and gas development. The relationship between expanding development and health problems is hotly disputed—and is the focus of this research project.
Gas Patch Roulette: Health Survey
PUBLICATION DATE: October 18, 2012
AUTHOR: Wilma Subra, Nadia Steinzor
Proposed revisions to Regulation No. 6, Pt. A., Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources
PUBLICATION DATE: October 3, 2012
AUTHOR: EARTHWORKS
Assessment of Groundwater Sampling Results Completed by the USGS
PUBLICATION DATE: September 30, 2012
AUTHOR: Tom Myers PhD for Earthworks, Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council
SUMMARY: Technical memo analyzing whether US Geological Survey sampling validates EPA investigation into Pavillion groundwater pollution by fracking
Breaking All the Rules (executive summary)
PUBLICATION DATE: September 25, 2012
AUTHOR: Lisa Sumi
SUMMARY: States are betraying the public by failing to enforce oil and gas development rules
Breaking All the Rules - The Crisis in Oil and Gas Regulatory Enforcement
PUBLICATION DATE: September 25, 2012
AUTHOR: Lisa Sumi
SUMMARY: States are betraying the public by failing to enforce oil and gas development rules (Full report)
Enforcement Report - PA DEP
PUBLICATION DATE: September 25, 2012
AUTHOR: Lisa Sumi
SUMMARY: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection: Inadequate enforcement guarantees irresponsible oil and gas development in Pennsylvania
Enforcement Report - Ohio DOGRM
PUBLICATION DATE: September 25, 2012
AUTHOR: Lisa Sumi
SUMMARY: Ohio Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management: Inadequate enforcement means current Ohio oil and gas development is irresponsible
Enforcement Report - RRC
PUBLICATION DATE: September 25, 2012
AUTHOR: Lisa Sumi
SUMMARY: Texas Railroad Commission - Inadequate enforcement means irresponsible oil and gas development
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- Mining air pollution
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- Toxics Release Inventory
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