PSE Healthy Energy - In the Media

June 13, 2023

Abandoned oil and gas wells can leak high levels of methane and benzene, study showsEric Lebel, a senior scientist at PSE Healthy Energy, said there is no safe level of exposure to benzene, citing guidelines by the World Health Organization.

KUNR-FM

June 11, 2023

Pennsylvania Expects $400 Million in Infrastructure Funds to Begin Plugging Thousands of Abandoned Oil Wells“It seems like a lot of money, but it is woefully inadequate to address this whole issue,” Seth Shonkoff, an environmental scientist who is executive director of PSE Healthy Energy, said of the federal funding.

InsideClimate News

June 08, 2023

Staying Inside Won’t Protect You from Smoke Unless the Air is Clean“It’s much easier to remove the pollution source than to try to mitigate it, or modify it, or filter it,” said Drew Michanowicz, a senior scientist with the nonprofit PSE Healthy Energy.

The City

June 08, 2023

How the US Can Fight the Wildfire Smoke Crisis“Public health guidance and climate adaptation policies should account for the reality that many communities will be exposed to multiple hazards, sometimes concurrently,” wrote Lee Ann Hill, director of energy and health at a non-profit research institute called PSE Healthy Energy, in a Federation of American Scientists document recommending wildfire policy actions. Resilience hubs could provide relief to vulnerable communities not just during major smoke events but also extreme heat and cold, or other weather disasters.

The Messenger Politics

June 06, 2023

Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Emit Carcinogens and Other Harmful Pollutants, Groundbreaking Study ShowsIn the study, researchers with the nonprofit research and policy institute PSE Healthy Energy measured both the emission rates and the concentrations of harmful VOCs coming from abandoned wells in the heart of the nation’s largest gas field, the Marcellus Shale.

Inside Climate News

May 30, 2023

Amid fracking boom, Pennsylvania faces toxic wastewater reckoning“What happens when the party stops, and there’s a huge glut of produced water?” asked Seth Shonkoff, an environmental scientist who is executive director of Physicians, Scientists and Engineers (PSE) for Healthy Energy. He said disposal of waste is “an Achilles heel of the industry.”

Grist

May 17, 2023

Lawsuit challenges Wyo gas field threatening GTNP pronghornA recently published peer-reviewed study from Boston University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, PSE Healthy Energy and the Environmental Defense Fund has found that oil and gas fields are directly impacting Wyoming’s air quality and the health of its residents.

BUCKRAIL

May 16, 2023

Wyoming air quality affected by oil and gas, study findsResearchers from Boston University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, PSE Healthy Energy and the Environmental Defense Fund compared emissions of a trio of pollutants — nitrogen oxide, ozone and fine particulates — to rates of respiratory and cardiovascular hospitalization and childhood asthma in 2016.

Casper Star Tribune

May 10, 2023

Oil and Gas Production Linked to $77B in Annual Health Care CostsA pioneering study led by the Boston University School of Public Health, the University of North Carolina Institute for the Environment, PSE Healthy Energy, and the Environmental Defense Fund has shed light on the health impacts of air Pollution from oil and gas operations. Published in Environmental Research: Health, this research provides a wake-up call for us all.

One Green Planet

May 10, 2023

The annual US health cost of oil and gas production is $77B – here’s how we fix thatThe study is called “Air pollution and health impacts of oil & gas production in the United States.” It was published in the journal Environmental Research: Health and was led by the Boston University School of Public Health, the University of North Carolina Institute for the Environment, PSE Healthy Energy, and the Environmental Defense Fund.

Prime News Print

May 10, 2023

Oil and gas health impacts cost $77 billion per year, study findsNitrogen oxide was the largest contributor to the overall health impacts, followed by ozone and then fine particulate matter, according to researchers at Boston University School of Public Health, the University of North Carolina Institute for the Environment, PSE Healthy Energy and the Environmental Defense Fund.

Axios

May 08, 2023

Air pollution from oil and gas industry costs $77bn in US health impacts each yearAir pollution linked to the industry led to 7,500 excess deaths, more than 400,000 asthma attacks and 2,200 new cases of childhood asthma in 2016, according to a study compiled by Boston University School of Public Health, University of North Carolina Institute for the Environment, PSE Healthy Energy, and the Environmental Defense Fund.

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