Research and reports examining air emissions, methane, climate impacts, and air-quality concerns associated with fracking and oil and gas development.
Garcia-Gonzales, et al. 2019. A synthesis of peer-reviewed research examining hazardous air pollutants associated with upstream oil and natural-gas development, their sources, and potential implications for human health.
Moore, et al. 2014. A critical review of local and regional air-quality impacts associated with natural-gas extraction, processing, and use, including greenhouse gases, volatile organic compounds, nitrogen oxides, air toxics, and particulate pollution.
David T. Allen · Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association · 2016. A critical review examining greenhouse-gas, criteria-pollutant, and air-toxic emissions associated with U.S. oil and natural-gas operations and the implications of those emissions for air quality.
Cushng. et al. 2020. A study of more than 23,000 births examining residential exposure to oil-and-gas flaring. Greater exposure was associated with higher odds of preterm birth and shorter gestation; the authors called for additional research in other populations.