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Fracking with “Forever Chemicals” in New Mexico
Evidence shows oil and gas companies have used PFAS in New Mexico wells; water risks especially high for groundwater-dependent state.
Fracking with “Forever Chemicals” in Texas
Oil and gas companies used PFAS in Texas wells, but the extent of its use is obscured by six billion pounds of “trade secret” chemicals.
PSR Testimony on Supplemental Methane Rule
Official testimony from PSR’s Barbara Gottlieb on the U.S. EPA’s Supplemental Rule to Reduce Climate-Harming Pollution from Oil and Natural Gas Operations.
MATS Delay Letter
PSR signed on to this letter to the Biden Administration urging it to finalize the finding that the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) are appropriate and necessary without further delay.
Webinar: Fracking with “Forever Chemicals” in Ohio
Are Ohio lands being contaminated with PFAS chemicals used in fracking? Learn what PSR has uncovered and how Ohio can take action to ban this toxic “forever” chemical from fracking.
Fracking with “Forever Chemicals” in Ohio
Previously unpublicized information unearthed by PSR shows that a class of extremely toxic and persistent chemicals known as PFAS has been used in Ohio’s oil and gas wells since at least 2013.
Essential Elements to Improve Disclosure of Chemicals Used in Oil and Gas Operations
The use of chemicals is an important and potentially dangerous part of oil and gas production.
Chemical Makers’ Exemptions from Fracking Chemical Disclosure Rules
In the sixteen leading oil- and gas-producing states, manufacturers of chemicals used in fracking are largely exempt from requirements that they disclose to the public the chemicals that make up their products.
Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking and Associated Gas and Oil Infrastructure
The latest edition of PSR’s fracking “Compendium,” a collection of some 2,000 abstracts of and links to medical, scientific and investigative reports about the consequences of oil and gas drilling, fracking, and infrastructure.