2014 Eastern Unconventional Oil and Gas Symposium - November 5-7, 2014 in Lexington, Kentucky, USA

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1 2014 Eastern Unconventional Oil and Gas Symposium - November 5-7, 2014 in Lexington, Kentucky, USA CHANGING PERCEPTIONShttp:// ABOUT OIL AND GAS IN AMERICA LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE COAL AND MINING INDUSTRY Steve Gardner, PE, PS, RMSME President/CEO, ECSI LLC jsgardner@engrservices.com Engineers Consultants Scientists International E&E Partner Company

2 SME - Changing MINDS about MINES in America and the World Steve Gardner, PE, PS, RMSME 2015 SME President October 24, 2014 Pittsburgh SME/PCMIA Annual Joint Meeting

3 COAL Britain, the first nation to be thoroughly transformed by releasing the genie of coal. became the most powerful force on the planet, and created an industrial society the like of which the world had never seen. the United States, Coal transformed a virtual wilderness into an industrial super power with astonishing speed. - Barbara Freese, Coal A Human History

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5 West Virginia University October 14, 2014 Study links mountaintop removal dust to cancer. Appalachian Mountaintop Mining Particulate Matter Induces Neoplastic Transformation of Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells and Promotes Tumor Formation To me, this is one of the most important papers that we ve done, said Hendryx, a co-author of the new paper. There hasn t been a direct link between environmental data and human data until this study.

6 Perception Vs. Reality

7 Changing Perceptions HOW? First DEFINING THE OPPOSITION - A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE

8 Atlanta EPA Hearing 7/29/14

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10 Matt Damon s Promised Land More Damaging Perceptions Based on Fiction, not Facts: financed in part by a film company owned and operated by the United Arab Emirates. Depicts gas companies as liars Condemnation of the industry. Surprising plot twist. Egregious science scenes.

11 GASLAND & now GASLAND PARTII FICTION AS A DOCUMENTARY Scene that sticks in peoples mind: Lighting Water On Fire? Gas In Water Supplies Existed Long Before Fracking.

12 Sierra Club $90 Million Sierra Club Foundation - $99 million 1.3 million members.. is the oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States. Sierra Club s Beyond Coal Campaign Coal plant countdown Now Beyond Natural Gas Campaign

13 Not Our Opponents Natural Gas Oil Utilities Media (need to work with)

14 Not the Opponents Coal Utilities Media (need to work with) RESPONSIBLE Environmental Groups (collaborate)

15 So. What Can You Do? Get engaged with outreach Use tools available Use Social Media Talk to your friends and neighbors Get involved Politically Leverage Free Publicity (use the Press)

16 People Deserve Facts Misconceptions Gas is under regulated, no science, wild west, like Back Yard Oil! Facts Let the science speak for itself

17 FROM WEBSITE - Stop the Bluegrass Pipeline THEIR ½ TRUTH: Fracking Linked to Workers' Lung Disease A new study by the National Institute of Occupational and Health finds that workers at 11 hydraulic fracturing sites in five states have been exposed to high levels of dust, including sands that can cause silicosis.

18 Appalachian Research Initiative for Environmental Science (ARIES) formed to address the environmental impacts of the discovery, development, production, and use of energy resources in Appalachia

19 Protesters Crash Coal-Funded Science Conference Coal kills, science lies.

20 EFD program to provide unbiased science and develop solutions to address issues associated with oil and gas development. Funded by federal and state government agencies, industry, and environmental organizations. Works with responsible environmental groups.

21 Headline: Fracking can trigger earthquakes, scientists conclude. A new study in the journal Seismological Research Letters concludes that fracking caused a series of earthquakes in Ohio a year ago. Follows reports of fracking leading to earthquakes in Canada and across the Atlantic in the United Kingdom. Oklahoma Geological Survey seismologist Austin Holland told colleagues last week, Certainly I think there may be more of this that has gone on than we previously recognized. McClatchy Washington Bureau November 4, 2014 Regardless of severity of reported earthquakes, public perception will be an issue.

22 THE ELECTION

23 U.S. Senate very likely to vote on Keystone in early 2015 Bloomberg News

24 Or DO Oil Trains CONTINUE?

25 Fracking Banned Denton voters pass proposition with 59 percent Rhonda Love, secretary of the Denton Drilling Awareness Group, points the microphone at the crowd as they chant Frack Free. Denton Record Chronicle News for Denton County, Texas

26 This well, fracked last fall by EagleRidge Energy, lies next door to the University of North Texas football field in the city of Denton, Texas. More than 250 gas wells have been drilled within the city limits. HAL BERNTON MCT

27 Ohio voters deliver mixed results for fracking bans Three of four anti-fracking measures defeated in Ohio: Kent, Gates Mills, and Youngstown. Fracking ban passed in Athens, Ohio.

28 What WILL Tom Wolf s win in PA mean for energy and the environment? anti-drilling fractivists in PA. StateImpact A reporting project of NPR member stations

29 DOE provides funding for Field Laboratories and Research Announced Nov. 6, Research projects are designed to address critical gaps in knowledge of environmentally prudent development of unconventional oil and gas resources.

30 Environmental Groups Snatch Defeat From The Jaws Of Victory Daily Caller 10/16/

31 A CARBON EMISSIONS FREE WORLD?

32 Engineers Consultants Scientists - International QUESTIONS? Serving Energy and Environmental Clients With Worldwide Office Locations ECSI Headquarters: 340 S. Broadway Lexington, Kentucky