Oil and Gas Accountability Toolkit
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 of change and of challenges
- ways to build a community of practice for sustained collaboration on a problem
To see a full list of monitoring methods related to oil and gas, click here.
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 which focused on the issue of frac sand mining. 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.
Title | Updated | Version | Views | Likes | |
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Community Microscope Kit | about 3 years ago by bhamster | 66 | 7,843 | 11 | |
Microbrews | about 5 years ago by warren | 8 | 433 | 1 | |
Microscopes | over 6 years ago by warren | 14 | 4,585 | 5 | |
Basic Microscope Kit | over 6 years ago by asnow | 25 | 2,012 | 4 |
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.
Title | Updated | Version | Views | Likes | |
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Air-polluting gases and monitoring methods | almost 3 years ago by fongvania | 5 | 692 | 1 | |
Air sample lab testing | over 3 years ago by bhamster | 3 | 1,284 | 2 | |
Air Sampling | over 3 years ago by liz | 26 | 8,159 | 3 | |
Sampling | about 5 years ago by liz | 3 | 707 | 4 |
Measuring particles
There are many different ways to measure particulate pollution. Read below to find out more.
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.
Title | Updated | Version | Views | Likes | |
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Choosing a method for Particulate Matter Monitoring | about 4 years ago by bhamster | 22 | 548 | 0 | |
Visual Monitoring of Particulate Matter | almost 5 years ago by stevie | 18 | 1,622 | 2 | |
Survey your site | about 5 years ago by liz | 2 | 875 | 3 |
Hydrogen Sulfide
(above image by @ErikHanley11)
Title | Updated | Version | Views | Likes | |
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Hydrogen Sulfide | about 5 years ago by warren | 38 | 1,624 | 2 | |
Hydrogen Sulfide Detection | almost 7 years ago by gretchengehrke | 5 | 3,486 | 0 | |
Hydrogen Sulfide Regulations | almost 7 years ago by stevie | 11 | 4,227 | 1 | |
Hydrogen Sulfide Effects | about 7 years ago by warren | 7 | 967 | 1 |
Odor Reporting
Title | Updated | Version | Views | Likes | |
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Odor Logging | over 4 years ago by bhamster | 33 | 1,711 | 3 | |
Orangetown Aluf | about 5 years ago by stevie | 5 | 569 | 1 |
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.
Title | Updated | Version | Views | Likes | |
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waterkeepers | almost 4 years ago by amocorro | 2 | 117 | 0 | |
Stormwater Monitoring | about 4 years ago by liz | 32 | 2,071 | 3 | |
Riffle: an Open Source Water Monitoring Approach | about 7 years ago by warren | 100 | 6,086 | 15 | |
turbidity sensor | over 12 years ago by liz | 4 | 650 | 0 |
Photo documentation
Public Lab work began with photographic monitoring using balloons and kites. We've grown our coalition around a number of other ways that powerful visual evidence can be produced through photography.
Title | Updated | Version | Views | Likes | |
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Photo Sharing | over 7 years ago by xose | 6 | 1,157 | 1 | |
Image Sorting | over 7 years ago by zengirl2 | 4 | 2,473 | 1 | |
Photo Monitoring | over 7 years ago by stevie | 45 | 1,550 | 2 | |
Refinery Watching | about 9 years ago by warren | 18 | 991 | 5 |
Turbidity
A range of techniques has been compiled around turbidity monitoring:
Title | Updated | Version | Views | Likes | |
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Assess Turbidity in Water | over 5 years ago by liz | 13 | 4,476 | 2 | |
Turbidity Measurement Methods & Regulations | almost 7 years ago by gilbert | 1 | 1,798 | 0 | |
turbidity_sensing | about 7 years ago by warren | 3 | 2,725 | 2 | |
turbidity sensor | over 12 years ago by liz | 4 | 650 | 0 |
Datalogging
A surprisingly broad coalition of projects has developed around Public Lab for logging data from different sources. See the main Data Logging page for more.
Title | Updated | Version | Views | Likes | |
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DustDuino | about 4 years ago by bhamster | 27 | 7,468 | 7 | |
Nano Data Logger | almost 6 years ago by cfastie | 11 | 10,680 | 4 | |
MACA | over 6 years ago by nanocastro | 4 | 848 | 5 | |
WebJack | over 6 years ago by warren | 5 | 2,247 | 1 | |
Mayfly | over 6 years ago by warren | 5 | 442 | 0 | |
Log-a-Long Timer | almost 7 years ago by cfastie | 1 | 762 | 1 | |
New Concepts for OSHW in Indoor Gardening | almost 7 years ago by Aigi666 | 18 | 1,734 | 1 | |
Mini Pearl Logger | almost 7 years ago by cfastie | 6 | 1,825 | 1 | |
SkyPod GPS Logger | almost 7 years ago by cfastie | 8 | 1,184 | 3 | |
Riffle: an Open Source Water Monitoring Approach | about 7 years ago by warren | 100 | 6,086 | 15 | |
Fido - The Raspberry Pi based Temperature Alarm that sends text messages | over 7 years ago by rjstatic | 3 | 5,027 | 1 | |
Mãe d'Água | almost 8 years ago by vjpixel | 9 | 2,231 | 9 |
Soil Monitoring
We're developing initial soil sampling and monitoring techniques and resources under the "soil testing" topic:
Title | Updated | Version | Views | Likes | |
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Soil Contamination | over 2 years ago by laurel_mire | 29 | 4,114 | 6 | |
Making meaning of soil test results and reports | over 3 years ago by laurel_mire | 5 | 320 | 1 | |
Screening for soil contamination | over 3 years ago by bhamster | 2 | 369 | 0 | |
Soil Sampling Toolkit | almost 6 years ago by Bronwen | 10 | 913 | 5 | |
Soil Sampling | over 7 years ago by warren | 2 | 1,665 | 3 | |
Open Land | almost 9 years ago by eustatic | 3 | 374 | 1 |