Press Releases – PSE | Physicians, Scientists, and Engineers for Healthy Energy

PSE Healthy Energy Awarded Grant from the California Energy Commission

Adrienne Underwood — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 23:28:26 +0000

Scientists to Evaluate Social Costs and Non-Energy Benefits of California’s Clean Energy Goals OAKLAND, CA – The California Energy Commission (CEC) has selected PSE Healthy Energy to support their development of social cost and non-energy benefit metrics for the deployment of clean energy resources. These metrics will be used to evaluate scenarios for achieving California’s clean energy goals…

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Natural gas odorants associated with consistent pattern of adverse health symptoms

Warren Stokes II — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 17:58:07 +0000

Literature review examines evidence of health effects associated with several commonly used natural gas odorants OAKLAND, CA – Odorants are widely used in natural gas for leak detection, however, few studies have examined their potential effects on public health. A new peer-reviewed publication in Current Environmental Health Reports, suggests that some commonly-used natural gas odorants may…

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Policies to Mitigate Wildfire Impacts Have Implications for Public Health, Amplified Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

statecreative — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 16:00:02 +0000

July 30, 2020 For Immediate Release Contact: Jaclyn Casale: (510) 330-5550 ext.1009, jaclyn@psehealthyenergy.org OAKLAND, CA – As the western United States enters the 2020 wildfire season with anticipated above normal significant fire potential, a new report from Physicians, Scientists, and Engineers for Healthy Energy (PSE) provides the most expansive synthesis to date on the public health…

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Literature Review Examines Ten Years of Research on Methane and Health-Damaging Air Pollutant Emissions from Oil and Gas Industry

Adrienne Underwood — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 07:22:05 +0000

OAKLAND, CA – Oil and gas emissions vary widely throughout the supply chain, making mitigation of both super-emitters and emissions sources near populations top priorities for public health and climate, according to findings from a literature review by the nonprofit energy science and policy institute PSE Healthy Energy. Methane and Health-Damaging Air Pollutants From the Oil and Gas Sector…

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New Tech Provides First Real-Time, Mobile Measurements of Water-Based Methane

statecreative — Tue, 29 May 2018 10:21:45 +0000

More accurate pre- and post-drilling data will improve safety research New technology continuously and accurately measures methane levels in water during groundwater sampling. The device is an important advance in ruling out sampling methodology as a source of variation in the testing process that helps determine whether methane gas has migrated from nearby oil and gas production wells to drinking…

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PSE Lauds Oakland’s Ban on Coal Exports

statecreative — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 17:34:49 +0000

OAKLAND, Calif. (June 28, 2016) — Early this morning, the Oakland City Council voted unanimously to ban the transport, storage and shipping of coal and petroleum coke at the proposed Oakland Bulk and Oversized Terminal to be built in West Oakland at the former Oakland Army Base. The Council stated that the pollution from the coal would harm workers and residents, and the eventual combustion of the…

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New Marcellus Development Boom Will Triple Greenhouse Gas Emissions from PA’s Natural Gas Sector

statecreative — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 21:05:53 +0000

Report forecasts thousands of new natural gas wells BRISTOL, Penn. (January 18, 2017) — Natural gas production on Pennsylvania’s vast black shale deposit known as the Marcellus Shale will nearly double by 2030 to meet growing demand, tripling Pennsylvania’s greenhouse gas emissions from the natural gas sector relative to 2012 levels, according to a report published today by Delaware…

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PSE Responds to New Energy and Climate Commitments, Methane Regs

statecreative — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 19:58:05 +0000

PSE Executive Director Seth Shonkoff responds to energy policy announcement by North American leaders OAKLAND Calif. — At the North American Leaders’ Summit in Ottawa yesterday, the leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada announced a set of climate, energy and environmental agreements that will unite the efforts of the continent’s governments on a path toward cleaner energy and…

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Siting and Deployment is Key to Benefits of Energy Storage and Renewables

statecreative — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 20:37:47 +0000

Energy Storage and Renewables Can Benefit Air Quality and Environmental Justice If Sited and Deployed Correctly OAKLAND, Calif. – Last week, the Obama administration, together with Mexico and Canada, announced the ambitious goal that 50 percent of all electricity generated in North America will come from clean sources. This follows on the heels of the “White House’s Summit on Scaling Renewable…

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Hazardous Chemicals Go Unregulated in Routine Oil and Gas Operations

statecreative — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 17:46:10 +0000

Chemical regulations that govern hydraulic fracturing do not apply to numerous other uses of the same chemicals on oil- and gas-development fields OAKLAND, Calif. — California and more than two dozen other states require oil and gas producers to disclose the chemicals they use during hydraulic fracturing activities, enabling scientific and public scrutiny of the environmental and human health…

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