{"id":2676,"date":"2012-05-16T21:17:46","date_gmt":"2012-05-16T21:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?p=2676"},"modified":"2012-05-16T21:17:46","modified_gmt":"2012-05-16T21:17:46","slug":"university-at-buffalos-shale-resources-and-society-institute%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98environmental-impacts-during-shale-gas-drilling%e2%80%99-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2012\/05\/16\/university-at-buffalos-shale-resources-and-society-institute%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98environmental-impacts-during-shale-gas-drilling%e2%80%99-report\/","title":{"rendered":"University At Buffalo’s Shale Resources And Society Institute\u2019s \u2018Environmental Impacts During Shale Gas Drilling\u2019 Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The University at Buffalo’s Shale Resources and Society Institute issued a report yesterday, “Environmental Impacts During Shale Gas Drilling: Causes, Impacts and Remedies<\/a>,” which offers a quantitative data review of Pennsylvania’s regulation of natural gas development in the Marcellus Shale. The press release notes that I was a reviewer for the report.<\/p>\n

While I was a reviewer, this does not mean that all of my suggestions were taken or that I agree with all of the report\u2019s opinions and conclusions.<\/p>\n

Does the report have strengths? Absolutely. Unfortunately, it is hard to find understandable, comprehensive data describing natural gas industry environmental violations and the responses taken by enforcement agencies. The University at Buffalo has done a great service by bringing such information to light for the period studied (2008 through August 2011).<\/p>\n

At the same time, several of the opinions and conclusions in the report are questionable. These include:\u00a0<\/p>\n