The Public Lab non-profit hosts the **Oil and Gas Accountability Toolkit**, a collection of resources and a coalition of people working around the world on oil and gas issues. This toolkit goes beyond just "tools" to include: * peer support networks * [stories](/blog) of change and of challenges * ways to [build a community of practice](/facilitation) for sustained collaboration on a problem To see a full list of monitoring methods related to oil and gas, [click here](https://publiclab.org/methods#oil-and-gas). ### Coalitions What follows are a range of different topic-specific coalitions we've helped to bring together around a range of oil and gas related issues. We’ve learned more than ever to rely on the creativity and diverse skill-sets of contributors to develop new and unexpected ways of achieving goals. The thousands of people around the world who make up the Public Lab network **bring incredible expertise and a willingness to plug in and tackle problems** and continue to inspire us in their power and capacity. It’s our continuing responsibility to help them recognize and form alliances, and to solve problems together. ### Frac sand mining These resources are built around work supported by the [11th Hour Project](https://11thhourproject.org) which [focused on the issue of frac sand mining](/frac-sand). Since then, a range of projects have evolved to address different aspects of the issue. **** ## Air Monitoring  ### Microscope The Basic Microscope project on Public Lab was born from people’s interest in being able to visualize particulate matter that is known to be harmful for human and livestock health. Several local community members recognized the challenges in advocating with purely numerical data; when people can’t visualize and directly see threats, it can be easier to ignore. [wikis:microscopes] ### Air sampling Building on work by the Bucket Brigade, we've documented and collected several different techniques for collecting air samples for processing at a lab. [wikis:air-sampling] ### Measuring particles There are many different ways to measure particulate pollution. Read below to find out more. [wikis:particulate-sensing-overview] ### Visual emission monitoring Using your eyes or a camera to monitor emissions is a powerful type of monitoring which has several EPA methods associated with it. [wikis:visual-monitoring]  ### Hydrogen Sulfide (above image by @ErikHanley11) [wikis:h2s-overview] ### Odor Reporting [wikis:odor] ****  ## Water Monitoring A wide range of sample-based, electronic, and other methods of monitoring water quality have been compiled on Public Lab, reflecting a range of efforts across our community. [wikis:water-monitoring]  ### Photo documentation Public Lab work began with photographic monitoring using [balloons and kites](/balloon-mapping). We've grown our coalition around a number of other ways that powerful visual evidence can be produced through photography. [wikis:photo-monitoring] ### Turbidity A range of techniques has been compiled around turbidity monitoring: [wikis:turbidity]  ### Datalogging A surprisingly broad coalition of projects has developed around Public Lab for logging data from different sources. See the main [Data Logging page](/data-logging) for more. [wikis:datalogger] ****  ## Soil Monitoring We're developing initial soil sampling and monitoring techniques and resources under the "soil testing" topic: [wikis:soil-testing] **** ## Questions [questions:oil-and-gas]...
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satnam95895 | "Samosarecipe.com was share knowledge related samosa recipe " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
tatmanelectric | "How can we get involved? T " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
Markos | "Hi wmacfarl, Some more info. This type of sensor does not measure turbidity exactly. It measures the absorbance, or attenuation of light when pas..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
Markos | "Hi wmacfarl , I've been thinking about affordable ways to calibrate diy photometric devices without having to use commercial standards like formaz..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
warren | "Looks like there is an issue with reply by email, or possibly the list => email system, but Alan Marchiori responded on the plots-waterquality l..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
charlotte_clarke | "Whoops! Corrected: Tuesday, November 12 at 8pm EST. More details about that coming soon. " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
Cogreg | "Your November OpenHour date is fishy! It says Tuesday the 13th of October! Good joke on me! So, what's the real date and time please?! " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
charlotte_clarke | "Thanks for the recommendation -- I'll get in touch! " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
eustatic | "ask Diane Wilson? she knows a thing or four. I want to know. https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/formosa-plastics-settles-texa..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
warren | "I'm interested in how data can be presented in very visual ways for advocacy work - like these kinds of images for air pollution: But also, over..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
stevie | "Yes! I think so " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
liz | "i'm definitely going to this! " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
liz | "Welcome again Will!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very useful post. " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
wmacfarl | "What is TSS? my googling suggests "total suspended solids"? Is that right? " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
mgoodwin | "Nice to meet you! Can't wait to hear about your work. :-) " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
rawatsubham56 | "Wow... Great Information " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
mimiss | " @mimiss has marked @jeanell873 as a co-author. " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
warren | "Hi Will! I'd like to also connect to this great older post just to be looped in: https://publiclab.org/notes/warren/12-06-2017/help-document-how-to..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
eustatic | "I suppose to get agencies to respond. Often photos are not enough for TSS, but are for oil. If we only have one staff person for thousands of facil..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
joyofsoy | "Is the air sensor of @safecast up for the task?There is also a kit with multiple options for sensors by @SenseBox_De, @thomas_barto to the rescue!—..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
joyofsoy | "TRI is for expected releases; ie, it's the aggregate pollution that facilities are legally allowed by EPA to spew. It's not real-time accidental sp..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
warren | "COMMUNITY QUESTION: Are there apps or devices to warn residents about airborne toxins?https://t.co/Eh0PvmUjQd pic.twitter.com/s5o3VFYqfh— Public La..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
rajrashed421 | "I like this post. this for sharing this helpful post. https://wpmethods.com " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
coreytegeler | "Hey @DanielleS, I'm hoping to join the call next week, I'd like to submit some things to the spreadsheet before the call as you suggested. I just s..." | Read more » | almost 6 years ago |