If you are a journalist interested in our research or in interviewing one of our staff, please email Sam Malone: malone@fractracker.org. Below is a listing of media articles that mention FracTracker.
New Project Maps Suspected Impacts To Well Water
May 10, 2013 – WOUB News
A new mapping project by a group of environmental organizations aims to document impacts to well water quality people believe is caused by unconventional gas and oil operations like hydraulic fracturing. Read more
New York’s Zoning Ban Movement Fracks Big Gas
May 9, 2013 – Truthout
… the entire industry has had its eyes on New York State, which has become the epicenter of an international struggle against unconventional gas. Read more
Shale Development Supporters in New York Fear Damage is Done
May 7, 2013 – NGI’s Shale Daily
In the wake of a New York appellate court ruling that two local bans on oil and gas activities should be upheld, supporters of shale development in the Empire State worry that the damage may be done, regardless of how the bans fare through a possible appeal. Read more (subscription required)
A Meeting of the Minds Over Fracking in Ohio
April 5, 2013 – Public News Service
It’s a first-of-its-kind meeting of the minds when it comes to fracking in the Buckeye State. Today (April 5th) and Saturday, scientists, doctors, attorneys, researchers and other experts are gathering in eastern Ohio to present and discuss the impacts of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Read more
FracTracker monitors shale development in Ohio
April 4, 2013 – The Plain Dealer
Shale gas development has swept into Ohio in a big way, but for many the energy push is remote — unfamiliar and out of sight in rural parts of the state. Even so, the shale play has set off heightened debate about the possible windfall and drawbacks of horizontal fracturing to release natural gas and oil from deep shale deposits.
FracTracker Alliance, a non-profit that recently expanded into Ohio, hopes to take some of the emotion out of the discussion by supplying accurate, detailed information about the shale boom. Much of that information is in the form of online, interactive maps at FracTracker.org… Read more
FracMapper site lets users pinpoint local gas/oil drilling
April 3, 2013 – Allied News
Searching the Internet for the most accurate and updated information on local gas and oil drilling is confusing for many people, but a nonprofit has stepped up to make that data available in an easy-to-read format… Read more
Renowned Experts Address Health and Economic Impacts at Ohio Fracking Conference April 5 – 6
April 3, 2013 – EcoWatch
On April 5 and 6, a group of scientists, doctors, attorneys, researchers, environmental advocates and policy experts will assemble in Warren, Ohio, to present and discuss the impacts of fracking. This conference is one of the first in the state to study and discuss facts, concerns and evolving science related to unconventional gas drilling in Ohio. It will be held at the Wean Foundation, 147 West Market St. in Warren, Ohio… Read more
Digging into Shale Gas and Its Effects on Public Health
March 26, 2013 – Pennsylvania Public Health Training Center
You hear about it daily in the news; natural gas is an immense, domestic energy source for the United States. Economic analysts and the industry promote this fossil fuel as a solution to our need for foreign energy and a cheaper, cleaner-burning fuel for household use. But with these benefits also come significant risks…
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Find Oil and Gas Wells Near You With FracTracker Map
March 1, 2013 – ideastream
Researchers with FracTracker Alliance have been collecting data about Ohio’s growing shale industry. They’ve created a map that identifies oil and gas wells drilled into the Utica and Marcellus formations. The map also plots the deep injection wells that store drilling waste water. ideastream’s Michelle Kanu talked with the map’s creator, Ted Auch, about how to navigate her way around. Read more
Drilling for Answers: The Marcellus Shale
February 25, 2013 – Whirl Magazine
Learn from leaders deep in the Marcellus Shale conversation as they answer the questions you’ve been asking. Read more
FracTracker Alliance working to provide drilling information to Ohio residents
February 11, 2013 – Beacon Journal
WARREN: The lack of information about hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in the Marcellus shale of Pennsylvania led to the formation of FracTracker in mid-2010. Read more
Gas Free Seneca Interview
February 2013 – WRFI Radio
Yvonne Taylor and Joseph Campbell discuss the proposed Inergy gas storage facility near Watkins Glen, New York. Listen
Clean Water Action calls on California regulators for a moratorium on fracking (Photos)
December 21, 2013 – Examiner.com
Clean Water Action called on California regulators for a moratorium on fracking on the heels of a lawsuit recently filed charging the California Division of Oil Gas and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) was lax in developing draft regulations regarding the process to extract oil and or natural gas known as fracking. Read more
Conservationists fight to save one of PA’s gem streams
December 2012 – Chesapeake Bay Journal
Groups point out that state has authority to protect Rock Run, but fear that it won’t… Article by Karl Blankenship from his experience during our first media tour through Loyalsock State Forest. Read more
“If you’re going to use river water as your source of drinking water, you shouldn’t discharge bromide” – Salts of the Earth
November 21, 2012 – Pittsburgh City Paper
It’s something of a mystery: Levels of chemical compounds called bromides have been rising and falling in the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers and no one knows exactly why. Read more
FracTracker Alliance Profile
October 2012 – WJPA News
Quick audio blurb about what it is we do here at FracTracker. Read more
Website collects, lets people track shale-drilling data in their area
September 2012 – Chesapeake Bay Journal
A feature issue by Rona Kobell about our organization and our roots as a University of Pittsburgh project. Read more
‘Fracking’ watchdog group to expand into Ohio
August 20, 2012 – Beacon Journal
Announcement of our receipt of a two-year $130,000 grant from the Cleveland-based George Gund Foundation in order to expand our FracTracker work into Ohio. Read more
Shale gas drilling declines in Pennsylvania
July 1, 2012 – Examiner.com
Philadelphia Energy Examiner, Robert Magyar, discusses the trends in shale gas drilling data with a look at PA DEP reports and Matt Kelso’s wells drilled trend analysis on FracTracker from this June. Read more
A Plan to Regulate Gas Drilling
June 13, 2012 – New York Times
A map made by FracTracker NYS Consultant, Karen Edelstein, found its way to the New York Times. The article discusses Gov. Cuomo’s plan to regulate gas drilling, which would require the approval of municipalities for the gas-drilling process to begin in their areas. Read more
Objective Marcellus shale gas data at FracTracker.org
May 24, 2012 – Examiner.com
Philadelphia Energy Examiner, Robert Magyar, gives a glowing review of FracTracker.org and our data analyses. Many thanks! We hope to be able to continue to provide objective and exploratory data analyses as drilling continues. Read more
Gas Drillers Wrangle Over NY Limitations, Bans
May 12, 2012 – Associated Press
Features statistics provided by FracTracker’s NYS Consultant, Karen Edelstein. Read more
Wildlife research grants are worth time and effort
February 2, 2012 – PennLive.com
Letter to the editor by FracTracker’s Director, Brook Lenker. Read more
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