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Academic Research

Tyndall report UK: Shale gas: a provisional assessment of climate change and environmental impacts  http://www.tyndall.ac.uk/sites/default/files/tyndall-coop_shale_gas_report_final.pdf

Natural Gas Operations and Public Health Perspective http://goo.gl/LQIfUD

Potential Health and Environmental Effects of Hydrofracking http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/health/case_studies/hydrofracking_w.html

Support to the identification of potential risks for the environment and human health arising from hydrocarbons operations involving hydraulic fracturing in Europe http://ec.europa.eu/environment/integration/energy/pdf/fracking%20study.pdf

On fracking leakage http://www.slideshare.net/Revkin/howarth-press-release-on-allen-et-al-pnas-2

Human health risk assessment of air emissions from development of unconventional natural gas resources http://goo.gl/89kCEy

The Potential Health Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing Wastewater and Drill Cuttings http://www.rcause.net/uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/steingraber_senate_testimony_12_12_11.pdf

US EPA Study of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/documents/hf-report20121214.pdf

UK geophysicist’s Critique of Cuadrilla’s plans and proposals for drilling near Balcombe, West Sussex http://www.davidsmythe.org/fracking/cuadrilla%20sussex%20critique%20V1.pdf

Methane contamination of of drinking water accompanying gas-well drilling and hydraulic fracturing http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/cgc/pnas2011.pdf