Clean Air Council Hosts May 18 Webinar On Oil & Gas Threat Map By Earthworks

The Clean Air Council is hosting a May 18 webinar starting at 2:00 p.m. on the Oil & Gas Threat Map released by Earthworks showing 1,482,810 Pennsylvanians including 290,123 children, reside near or attend schools or daycares within a half mile threat radius of active oil and gas operations.

The Oil and Gas Threat Map can display data about the risk of increased cancer and respiratory health rates at the county level.

Although scientific literature shows that health impacts are also associated at distances greater than one-half mile, Earthworks conservatively uses one-half mile because it is the distance at which these impacts have been most clearly correlated.

Threat Map users can also enter their own address to see if they live in a threat zone.

Earthworks, Clean Air Task Force, and FracTracker Alliance did the research and provided data that FracTracker Alliance used to build the Oil & Gas Threat Map.

Visit the Earthworks Oil & Gas Threat Map webpage for more information.

Introduction

Before the presentation on the Threat Map, webinar participants will hear from--

-- Rachel Meyer, Ohio River Valley Field Coordinator, Mom’s Clean Air Force

-- Marie DeMarco, Health Educator & Medical Advocacy Coordinator, Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania

Click Here to register for this free webinar.

For more information on programs, initiatives, upcoming events and how you can get involved, visit the Clean Air Council website.

(Maps: Threat Map showing heart of conventional oil & gas drilling; Counties on the Threat Map.)

[Posted: May 11, 2022]  PA Environment Digest