In «Conclusions,» the author writes, «These results suggest that
natural gas wells close to pregnant mothers» residences increased LBW by 25 %, increased small for gestational age by 17 % and reduced 5 minute APGAR scores, when compared to pregnant mothers» residences that are close to a future well (permit).»
Not exact matches
The other thing with
natural gas is that
well at least we know where the bottom is... and having fallen from
close to $ 14 per 1000 cubic feet last year to just above $ 2.40 last Thursday,
well the absolute bottom isn't too far off now... and I can't see suppliers giving
gas away for free anytime soon!
The Yale study of people in southwestern Pennsylvania found a greater prevalence of health symptoms reported among residents living
close to
natural gas wells, including those drilled via hydraulic fracturing.
CH Energy Group President Steven Lant put in a pitch for the
natural gas mining, saying it would provide the region with a
closer supply of
natural gas as
well as local jobs.
Folks who live
closest to
natural gas wells in Pennsylvania suffer ill health.
A US study from 2011 showed high levels of methane in water
wells close to shale
gas wells, but has been criticised for lacking data on levels of background
natural methane in the water.
Hill's work has focused on birth weight and other measures of the condition of babies born to women living
close to
gas wells in rural Pennsylvania and is summarized so far in a «working paper» titled «Unconventional Natural Gas Development and Infant Health: Evidence from Pennsylvania.&raq
gas wells in rural Pennsylvania and is summarized so far in a «working paper» titled «Unconventional
Natural Gas Development and Infant Health: Evidence from Pennsylvania.&raq
Gas Development and Infant Health: Evidence from Pennsylvania.»
As I wrote last year when the rule was initially announced, many states are already
well on their way to achieving the required reductions, thanks in part to a recent boom in cheap
natural gas and the Obama administration's choice of 2005 as the basis year for cuts, which was
close to America's all - time peak in carbon emissions.
Nov. 13 — The Environmental Protection Agency is
close to issuing guidance for reducing methane emissions from oil and
natural gas wells, a senior agency official said Nov. 13.
Methane concentrations were detected generally in 51 of 60 drinking - water
wells (85 %) across the region, regardless of
gas industry operations, but concentrations were substantially higher
closer to
natural -
gas wells (Fig. 3).
Plus, the
natural gas glut means many new
wells will be uneconomical; over 4 gigawatts of US coal power plants are set to
close or are being hung - up in court; and, nations should all pledge to double renewable energy at the Rio +20 conference in June.