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Carbon Capture and Storage: Fact or Fiction?

By Ted Auch, PhD/August 31, 2022 / 10 minute read
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Overview

Extractive industry uses propaganda to protect private profits at the expense of the public interest. According to our analysis, evidence suggests that carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a greenwashing scheme that not only bolsters the oil and gas industry, but is also a boon to other corporate interests opposed to decarbonizing the economy.

Ohio River Valley Carbon Capture and Storage Candidates

This interactive map looks at existing fossil fuel and energy infrastructure along with CO2 production in the Ohio River Valley.

View the map “Details” tab below in the top right corner to learn more and access the data, or click on the map to explore the dynamic version of this data. Data sources are also listed at the end of this article.

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Carbon Capture and Storage: Fact or Fiction?

Will taxpayers be on the hook for the incurred losses and none of the gains associated with carbon capture and storage (CCS)? As a result of new legislation, it appears that the answer is yes. The Federal Carbon Dioxide Removal Leadership Act recently introduced by Democratic Representatives Paul Tonko of New York and Scott Peters of California would direct the Department of Energy to pay for an increasing amount of carbon to be removed from the atmosphere each year at a cost of about $9.6 billion over the first 12 years (Grist), or roughly 15% of what the fossil fuel industry receives each year in “implicit fossil fuel subsidies” according to research by Matthew Kotchen at Yale University. 

This would be on top of the $3.5 billion committed by the US Federal Government to Direct Air Capture (DAC) to build “four hubs for industrial carbon removal, without limitations on that funding flowing to private corporations.” This announcement caused consortia all across the country to clamor to be the first in line for government handouts like the IRS’s 45Q program “intended to incentivize investment in carbon capture and sequestration.” 

CCS and CCUS are integral parts of the Biden administration’s Build Back Better (BBB) fleet of initiatives, but do they substantively address climate change? Or are they simply short-term profiteering schemes for the fossil fuel industry and their cronies? One ominous sign is that, in a city where the only thing the two parties can agree upon is the need to make Daylight Savings Time permanent, they both seem to be unified in cheerleading for CCS and CCUS. 

The 45Q programs promoted by BBB were summarized by RBN Energy as follows, which gives us a sense for the increasingly obvious connectivity between Big Oil & Gas and Big Ag:

“The discussed changes incorporated in the BBB include significant increases in the tax credit for conventional sequestration methods, two elements included in nearly all plans to update the 45Q tax credit. For example, the current credit for [CCUS] (such as EOR) stands at $25.15/MT [Metric Tons]…and is scheduled to rise to $35/MT in 2026…under the existing tax code; under BBB, it would be reset at $50/MT…For CCS, the credit — now $37.85/MT…and set to increase to $50/MT…in 2026 — would soar to $85/MT…under BBB…the higher rates would significantly benefit carbon-capture retrofits on projects including ammonia, ethanol, natural gas processing, and hydrogen…”

As senior investigator at the Climate Investigations Center, and author of the Huffpost piece, “The Gassing of Satartia,” Dan Zegart wrote about the industries that stand to benefit from the profiteering associated with CCS and CCUS, stating, “There is…a much larger range of supporting industries, from ammonia to ethanol and fertilizer, chemicals, LNG, steel, cement and now hydrogen – than ten years ago. And the international climate treaty process has wrapped itself tightly around CCS as the magic bullet to keep the world at safer GHG levels.” 

To Zegart’s point about industry connectivity and beneficiaries the US EPA FLIGHT data speaks to 453 cement manufacturing and related construction facilities in the US with average annual emissions of 257,207 metric tons of CO2, 31 NGL or LNG facilities averaging 365,843 metric tons of CO2, 668 agricultural operators broadly defined to include fertilizers averaging 167,187 metric tons of CO2, and 105 ethanol related operators averaging 160,529 metric tons of CO2 emitted (Table 1).

Total and Average CO2 Emissions

Facility Type Number Total CO2 (Tons) Average CO2 (Tons)
2010 to 2020
Municipal 47 45,752,756 973,463
Waste Facilities 1,491 2,101,339,561 1,409,349
Power Plants 1,751 18,832,448,954 10,755,254
LNG or NGL 31 46,011,650 1,484,247
Semiconductors, Steel, Iron Ore, Coke 342 1,200,827,357 3,511,191
Miscellaneous Oil & Gas Infrastructure 134 134,910,128 1,006,792
Gas Processing Plants 730 685,984,520 939,705
Compressor Stations 1,145 447,333,434 390,684
Gas Boosting and Gathering Infrastructure 1,337 1,104,612,840 826,188
Petrochemical Industry 386 1,314,919,848 3,406,528
Agriculture/Fertilizers 668 1,218,974,239 1,824,812
Renewables 112 330,252,591 2,948,684
Ethanol 105 168,632,359 1,606,023
Cement/Construction § 453 1,375,006,705 3,035,335
Oil Refineries 195 2,031,907,654 10,420,039
Offshore Oil & Gas 156 59442911 381044.3
Mines 243 681,084,400 2,802,817
Auto Manufacturing 66 41,105,184 622,806
US Government Facilities 90 691,860,992 7,687,345
Universities and Colleges 132 108,183,574 819,572

§ Includes gypsum, glass, asphalt, lime, etc.

Table 1. Total and Average CO2 Emissions across sectors in the US EPA FLIGHT Emissions Database.

There is recent evidence that a majority of CCUS technologies don’t permanently store CO2, collect it from atmospheric and natural sources, nor have zero emissions. A team of scientists at Radboud University in the Netherlands found that 32 of the 40 CCUS technologies they looked at did not meet any of these criteria, and in fact emitted more carbon than they captured. The exceptions were those technologies deployed in the production of concrete and oil extraction, such as enhanced oil recovery (EOR). Furthermore, from a political and financial perspective, there is evidence of rampant fraud in the carbon-capture tax credits program with the US Treasury Department finding that $893 million of the $1 billion in tax credits claimed by ten companies from 2010 to 2019 didn’t comply with EPA incentive program rules.

The loudest voices in favor of weakening EPA emissions include the largest fish in the oil and gas pond like ExxonMobil. It can’t be a coincidence that Exxon wants to weaken EPA emissions requirements while its much ballyhooed 35-year-old Shute Creek EOR CCUS Project in Southwest Wyoming has “failed to reach carbon dioxide (CO2) capture capacity…and has vented captured CO2 back into the atmosphere when it couldn’t be sold to companies extracting more oil from depleted reservoirs.”

ExxonMobil LaBarge CCUS Facility
Figure 1. ExxonMobil Shute Creek or LaBarge CCUS project in Big Piney, Wyoming.
ExxonMobil Upstream CCUS Projects
Figure 2. The description of several of ExxonMobil’s major upstream projects including the LaBarge CCUS project along with net gas production and CCUS capacity.

Industry Fabrication

In a paper published in 2020 called “Assessing Carbon Capture: Public Policy, Science, and Societal Need,” June Sekera and Andreas Lichtenberger took the CCS/CCUS critique one step further, noting that,  “The term “CCUS” was fabricated circa 2013 (Pigeon 2019) in order to highlight the potential commercial value of captured CO2; the U.S. Dept. of Energy then “re-branded” CCS to CCUS (Veld et al. 2013).”  This latter reference expanded on the rebranding effort in stating: 

“Recognizing perhaps the political advantage in emphasizing that captured CO2 can generate economic value, the US Department of Energy (DOE) has in fact recently re-branded CCS to CCUS the U standing for utilization, mostly in CO2-EOR projects. The DOEs most recent report on CO2-EOR dramatizes the sequestration potential of CO2-EOR projects by estimating that they could collectively sequester the emissions from as many as 93 one-GW-size coal fired power plants…”

Those eager to prove their ability to create and manage a Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) hub include notorious Appalachian oil and gas actors like Marathon and its recently-acquired subsidiary MarkWest, as well as EQT and Shell (See Ohio River Valley Carbon Capture and Storage Candidates map below). 

The cynic would ask: How is it that, after decades of finding ways to pump billions of tons of carbon and other pollutants into the atmosphere, denying climate change exists, extracting trillions in subsidies, and managing to get large percentages of elected officials including Louisiana senator Bill Cassidy and Wyoming senator Cynthia Lummis to bend the knee to them, these same corporations speaking as if they have found their religion? US Steel’s Senior VP Richard Fruehauf said of the possibility of an Appalachian CCS hub, “we saw a great opportunity … for the region to be a leader in decarbonization and hydrogen and the clean energy economy going forward.” 

EQT, one of the preeminent players in the Appalachian fracking space, is enthusiastic about the role they can play in mitigating climate change saying in a statement in support of the Appalachian CCS hub that “leveraging a culture that prioritizes operational efficiency, technology and sustainability, we seek to continuously improve the way we produce environmentally responsible, reliable and low-cost energy.”

To ring in the New Year, the mighty ExxonMobil put out a Tweet proclaiming, “Carbon Capture and storage is the emissions-fighting superhero you may have never heard of,” which looks a lot like ExxonMobil is attempting to distract from their responsibility for causing climate change. If Exxon is required to stand trial for “misleading consumers and investors about climate change and the dangers of using fossil fuels” according to a recent ruling from Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court is any indication of what’s in store for big oil and gas, their attempts at greenwashing the industry, wrapping themselves in the American Flag like supposed patriots in the crusade for U.S. energy independence, and positioning themselves at the vanguard of CCS will not be enough to exonerate them. 

There is clear evidence of guilt. According to Basav Sen of the Institute for Policy Studies, CO2 CCS pipelines are a massive greenwashing scheme designed to prop up undeserving industrial actors in South Dakota News Watch:

“It’s such a dangerous form of green-washing, where you’re trying to take an environmentally destructive activity and rebrand it in a way that makes it appear benign. The idea of using energy sources that put carbon into the atmosphere and addressing it after the fact by attempting to capture that carbon and store it in the ground is a non-starter for all kinds of reasons having to do with science, social justice, and economic feasibility.”

Even unapologetic advocates for the fracking industry like Harold Hamm and his Continental Resources have declared interest in CCS, with Hamm deciding to invest $250 million in Summit Agricultural Group’s proposal to capture 8 million tons of CO2 per year from 31 ethanol refineries across Iowa, Nebraska, South and North Dakota, and the southwest corner of Minnesota, and pipe it in liquified form to be injected underground in North Dakota’s Oliver and Mercer Counties (See Greenway and Summit CO2 Pipeline Proposal Map Below). One opinion columnist in the InForum out of Fargo, North Dakota summed up his views on Summit and CCS more broadly:

“The CO2 pipeline would ship waste from ethanol plants which calls into question just how green ethanol really is. Is it just a way to prop up corn prices? One must contemplate the ethics in which foodstuffs are turned into fuel in a world with 690 million undernourished people. And can we be sure CO2 storage will not taint the environment? Let’s call CO2 sequestration what it is, a lifeline to extend the viability of energy polluters, including coal plants.”

Private Profits, Public Problems

One aspect of CCS that the private sector is particularly eager to highlight is the collaborative nature of “public-private partnerships [PPPs] across borders and sectors,” but we know from the 2008 bailout of too-big-to-fail banks, the tireless work of Vandana Shiva in books such as “Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, and Profit”, and the privatization of water supplies and treatment, that no matter where  these partnerships exist on the globe, privatized interests inevitably leave the public part of the partnership to suffer  when the music stops playing – or oil, gas, water, precious metal, or C02 stops flowing at a profitable rate. Thus, who owns infrastructure and reaps the rewards is a critical question in this case. As a result, many people on the political left are making the case for public ownership in favor of privately-owned firms that profit off climate change denial, exacerbate income inequality, and have long and horrible histories of human rights and environmental justice abuses. 

As Andrew Bergman and his co-authors pointed out in The New Republic, “Climate advocates are being offered a false choice between giving in to corporate carbon removal, driven by profits and greenwashing, or fighting it. But there is an entirely different option: The United States and other rich countries could instead pursue equitable development and scale-up of carbon removal technologies under a public model of ownership and governance.” 

Bergman and his co-authors cited public water utilities as a model for how to manage CCS citing the fact that in 2014 “publicly owned water utilities served 87 percent of people who had piped water service and charged consumers, on average, two-thirds the cost charged by their privately owned counterparts.” Furthermore, public water and waste utilities are charged with processing a “pure cost” or something that just comes as a price of doing business. This type of model stands in direct repudiation to the current narrative around The Internet of Things, our endless arrogance in believing in our ability to tech our way out of problems, and the huge opportunities associated with treating carbon as a commodity. Bergman and colleagues make a convincing argument for public utilities as the framework for executing on the massive task of removing carbon from the atmosphere and the holistic valuation of ecosystem services worldwide. 

Judging by recent CCS discussions in Pittsburgh and The Dakotas, there is very little room left for dissent, never mind public ownership of CCS.ust like the fracking revolution that hit the region more than a decade ago, the industry, the $9 trillion asset manager BlackRock , and consulting firms like McKinsey & Co. are highlighting all the positives and marginalizing or ignoring any negatives that come from the buildout necessary to transport, process, and inject CO2. The interactions or overlap between CCS infrastructure and the tremendous natural gas infrastructure associated with the hydraulic fracturing industry is something that regulators do not appear to have their heads around or seem keen to understand better. Transporting CO2, natural gas, and natural gas liquids across thousands of miles of transmission and gathering pipelines near each other or even along the same right-of-way and at high pressures and volumes seems like a huge gamble, especially when considering Appalachian terrain that such a network of pipelines would have to traverse if for example the Ohio River Valley Hub comes to fruition. 

Princeton University research published in December of 2020 suggested a thirteen-fold increase in CO2 CCS pipelines here in the US by 2050 from 5K to 65K miles, with the current inventory of 50 C02 pipelines transporting roughly 68 million tons of CO2 annually. The goal of such a buildout would be to aggregate CO2 emissions from “multiple small-volume sources for higher-volume transportation.” This interest in aggregation of smaller volume emitters calls into question the IRS’s 45Q language focusing on emitters of more than 500,000 metric tons per year, of which only 98 facilities (00.78%) in the US EPA’s FLIGHT database fit such criteria with the remaining 10,233 facilities falling below that threshold (See US EPA FLIGHT CO2 Emissions from 2010-2020 data below). As John Robert at IEEFA reported about a CCS project proposed by Santos in Australia “the project will still release the same amount of carbon dioxide emissions, with or without CCS… Transporting CO2 over such a large distance creates high emissions from the needed compression and processing. The emissions are so high, any effort for CO2 storage is negated, even before assuming CO2 storage actually works.” What those that live in the path of such proposals can most assuredly expect was admitted to by Wolf Carbon solutions senior VP Nick Noppinger in advocating for more and bigger CCS projects:

“We’re oversizing our system in anticipation of companies building new plants right next to that line… Once you have the infrastructure in place, you can expect other industrial customers all around your pipeline to be encouraged — it makes it a lot easier to connect in and capture their CO2 and connect into your system.”

This would mean a reboot and/or expansion of industrial corridors nationwide that have been cited adjacent to or within communities of color or otherwise with little means to fight or move when their quality of life suffers. Such corridors have existed for decades from Southwest Detroit and Southeastern Chicago/Gary, IN to St. James Parish, LA and much of the Ohio River Valley. We know from having visited many of these places and heard from those living on the “fenceline” that when they think of climate change and a greener future for their children, CCS/CCUS was not what they had in mind.

The Take Away

According to our analysis, evidence suggests that carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a greenwashing scheme that not only bolsters the oil and gas industry, but is also a boon to other corporate interests opposed to decarbonizing the economy.

References & Where to Learn More

This article is part three in a series about carbon capture and storage. In the next installment, we look at how CCS pipeline proposals are playing out in the United States’ Bread Basket, the role that pore space is playing in these discussions, and current and future legislation designed to impede the ability of individuals to fight back against eminent domain and related industry heavy handedness. Read more.

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August 31, 2022
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Extractive industry uses propaganda to protect private profits at the expense of the public interest. According to the evidence, there is reason to believe that carbon capture and storage (CCS) is one such scheme.
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Pipeline Right-of-Ways: Making the Connection between Forest Fragmentation and the Spread of Lyme Disease in Southwestern Pennsylvania

August 22, 2022
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While many ecological factors may contribute to the spread of Lyme disease, two of the most significant factors are believed to be climate change and forest fragmentation. This study assesses the role that different pipeline construction proxies play in the change in average annual Lyme disease rate in Pennsylvania counties from 2001 to 2019.
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FracTracker Finds Widespread Hydrocarbon Emissions from Active & Idle Oil and Gas Wells and Infrastructure in California

August 22, 2022
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FracTracker inspections of oil and gas infrastructure using an optical gas imaging camera found numerous sources of uncontrolled emissions in three California counties.
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California Regulators Approve More Oil Well Permits Amid a Crisis of Leaking Oil Wells that Should be Plugged

July 29, 2022
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FracTracker’s in-the-field inspections and updated analysis of CalGEM permit data shows that California’s regulatory practices and permitting policies risk exposing frontline communities to VOCs from oil and gas well sites.
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Map of potential carbon capture technology

An Insider Take on the Appalachian Hydrogen & CCUS Conference

June 23, 2022
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Reflections on the Appalachian Hydrogen and Carbon Capture conference, and how companies hope to use new tech to prolong fossil fuel dependence
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Aerial image of Oil Refinery in Ohio

Does Hydrogen Have a Role in our Energy Future?

June 21, 2022
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There has been increasing focus on using hydrogen gas as a fuel, but most hydrogen is currently formed from methane, which could lead to more fracking.
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Oil and Gas Brine in Ohio

May 13, 2022
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A hazardous byproduct of oil & gas operations, called “brine," poses a problem because of its radioactivity and the volumes produced.
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8 Maps to Strengthen Environmental Justice Policy in Pennsylvania

May 6, 2022
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Pennsylvania’s environmental justice policy is an important tool for protecting marginalized communities from harm - but it needs your input!
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PA Environment Digest Blog: Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Dispose Of Drill Cuttings By ‘Dusting’

May 3, 2022
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David Hess reports on the pervasive & dangerous practice of waste disposal at oil and gas well drilling sites via “dusting.”
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Real Talk on Pipelines

April 28, 2022
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This story map contains audio clips and quotes from local officials and residents on the impacts of oil & gas pipelines in their communities.
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2021 Production from Pennsylvania’s Oil and Gas Wells

April 28, 2022
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FracTracker has released an analysis of Pennsylvania's 2021 oil and gas production totals and the impacts of orphaned and abandoned wells.
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Mapping Energy Systems Impacted by the Russia-Ukraine War

April 20, 2022
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This story map explores how the West's failure to transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy is funding Russia's invasion of Ukraine
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Dimock residents working to protect water from a new threat: fracking waste

April 11, 2022
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Sen. Muth and Dimock, PA residents are fighting a permitted Eureka Resource Susquehanna facility that puts their water at risk.
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This photo is of oil drilling in the Inglewood Oilfields of Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles. Photo by Brook Lenker, 2017.

Implications of a 3,200-foot Setback in California

April 6, 2022
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California is the only major oil state without a health and safety setback from fossil fuel activity. This article explores what a setback in California means for its people and environment.
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New Trends in Drilling Permit Approvals Take Shape in CA

March 15, 2022
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FracTracker's recent analysis finds that California's drilling permit approvals have slowed since last October, but not across the board. This trend only applies to permits for new drilling and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) wells.
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Oil and Gas Drilling in California Legislative Districts

March 14, 2022
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FracTracker has been working with grassroots organizations to inform legislators and locals about oil and gas extraction in their districts, including maps and tables of the infrastructure in their areas.
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New Report: Fracking with “Forever Chemicals” in Colorado

January 31, 2022
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A report by PSR provides evidence that oil and gas companies have been using dangerous PFAS "forever chemicals" in CO wells.
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Oil and gas wells and violations in Pennsylvania through 1/12/2022.

Introducing: FracTracker’s comprehensive new Pennsylvania map!

January 20, 2022
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FracTracker's new Pennsylvania oil and gas well map displays conventional and unconventional wells and violations as of January 12, 2022.
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New Letter from Federal Regulators Regarding how the Falcon has Been Investigated

December 1, 2021
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FracTracker received a letter from federal regulators with news on Shell's Falcon Pipeline investigation, but many concerns still remain.
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US Army Corps Muskingum Watershed Plan ignores local concerns of oil and gas effects

December 1, 2021
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Local stakeholders' concerns about the environmental and health impacts of oil and gas in the Muskingum Watershed of Ohio have been minimized or excluded by the US Army Corps' environmental assessment.
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Oil and gas companies use a lot of water to extract oil in drought-stricken California

November 9, 2021
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FracTracker details the disproportionate amounts of water used by the oil and gas industry in CA and recommends that Gov. Newsom take action.
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Southeastern Texas Petrochemical Industry Needs 318 Billion Gallons of Water, but the US EPA Says Not So Fast

November 5, 2021
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The US EPA is moving to turn off the tap to Texas’ petrochemical operators that are demanding exorbitant water quantities where there are none.
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Chickahominy Pipeline project tries to exploit an apparent regulatory loophole

November 1, 2021
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Local communities are skeptical of the Chickahominy Pipeline company, which plans to build a supply line through five Virginia counties. With no track record and very little experience in pipeline construction, the company's capacity to take on this project is questionable.
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Map Update on Criminal Charges Facing Mariner East 2 Pipeline

October 29, 2021
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FracTracker mapped the 21 locations and over 120 violations by Energy Transfer Partner since Mariner East 2 Pipeline construction began.
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It’s Time to Stop Urban Oil Drilling in Los Angeles

September 14, 2021
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Oil & gas wells in Los Angeles disproportionately impact marginalized communities, producing dangerous levels of invisible, toxic emissions.
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Infrastructure Networks in Texas

September 14, 2021
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This map illustrates infrastructure networks in Texas and explores how these unseen webs connect us and improve lives, but also carry risks and burdens.
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Prison Strike Poster by Melanie Cervantes

California Prisons are Within 2,500’ of Oil and Gas Extraction

September 9, 2021
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California prisoners are on the frontlines of the environmental justice movement, thousands living within 2,500’ of operational O&G wells.
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FracTracker map of proposed Renovo, PA power plant

New power plant proposal called senseless and wasteful by climate groups

August 26, 2021
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Residents and local advocacy groups are fighting a new power plant in Renovo, PA, planned to be constructed on an abandoned rail yard.
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Ongoing Safety Concerns over Shell’s Falcon Pipeline

August 24, 2021
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Ohio River Valley Groups react to a new safety warning issued by federal regulators to Shell regarding the troubled Falcon Pipeline
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New Neighborhood Drilling Permits Issued While California Fails to Act on Public Health Rules

August 5, 2021
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California drilling permits continue while Frontline communities and grassroots groups call for an immediate moratorium and 2,500' setback.
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The world is watching as bitcoin battle brews in the US

August 2, 2021
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If Gov. Cuomo wants to lead the nation on climate, he has to address the impacts of proof of work cryptocurrency mining industry in New York.
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Lycoming Watershed Digital Atlas

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California Oil & Gas Drilling Permits Drop in Response to Decreased Permit Applications to CalGEM

July 26, 2021
As California permit approvals for new oil & gas well drills decrease, Consumer Watchdog urges the Governor to move from fossil fuels.
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California Denies Well Stimulation Permits

July 20, 2021
California regulators recently denied 21 well stimulation permit applications—a welcomed move in the right direction—but not enough.
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Mapping PFAS “Forever Chemicals” in Oil & Gas Operations

July 15, 2021
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FracTracker Alliance released a new map identifying the locations of over 1,200 oil and gas wells using toxic “forever chemicals” in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas, and Wyoming. 
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Updated National Energy and Petrochemical Map

June 30, 2021
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We first released this map in February of 2020. In the year since, the world’s energy systems have experienced record changes. Explore the interactive map, updated by FracTracker Alliance in April, 2021.
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Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania Fracking Story Map

June 11, 2021
FracTracker’s aerial survey of unconventional oil & gas infrastructure and activities in northeast PA to southern OH and central WV
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Ohio & Fracking Waste: The Case for Better Waste Management

June 3, 2021
Insights on Ohio’s massive fracking waste gap, Class II injection well activity, and fracking waste related legislation
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Pennsylvania Conventional Well Map Update

May 27, 2021
There are over 100,000 active conventional wells in PA, with more permitted each year. Most are unplugged, posing serious threats to the climate.
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Impacts of 2020 Colonial Pipeline Rupture Continue to Grow

May 26, 2021
In August 2020, the Colonial Pipeline ruptured, spilling an estimated 1.2 million gallons of gasoline—18 times more than originally reported.
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Gas Storage Plan vs. Indigenous Rights in Nova Scotia

May 20, 2021
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The Mi’kmaq First Nations people are facing threats to their lands and water due to plans in Nova Scotia proposed by AltaGas.
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Mapping Gathering Lines in Bradford County, Pennsylvania

May 19, 2021
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FracTracker mapped gathering lines in Bradford County, PA. Public data on gathering lines are incomplete, leaving us to fill in the gaps.
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Trends in fracking waste coming to New York State from Pennsylvania

April 20, 2021
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Over the past decade, New York State has seen a steep decline in the quantity of waste products from the fracking industry sent to its landfills for disposal. Explore FracTracker's 2020 updated data.
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2021 Pipeline Incidents Update: Safety Record Not Improving

April 14, 2021
The map below shows 6,950 total incidents since 2010, translating to 1.7 incidents per day. Pipelines are dangerous, in part because regulation around them is ineffective.
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New York State Oil & Gas Well Drilling: Patterns Over Time

April 1, 2021
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In this article, we look specifically at spatial and temporal patterns in oil and gas drilling across New York State.
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Risky Byhalia Connection Pipeline Threatens Tennessee & Mississippi Health, Water Supply

March 17, 2021
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The proposed Byhalia Connection pipeline project is situated in a particularly problematic intersection where environmental justice, hydrology, geology, and risks to human and environmental health intersect.
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Shell’s Falcon Pipeline Under Investigation for Serious Public Safety Threats

March 17, 2021
Shell’s Falcon Pipeline, which is designed to carry ethane to the Shell ethane cracker in Beaver County, PA for plastic production, has been under investigation by federal and state agencies, since 2019.
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Kern County’s Drafted EIR Will Increase the Burden for Frontline Communities

March 4, 2021
Built on sound data and ample research, FracTracker recommends several measures be taken to protect the health of California's overburdened Frontline Communities.
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Pennsylvania’s Waste Disposal Wells – A Tale of Two Datasets

February 26, 2021
  VIEW MAP & DATA Overview Access to reliable data…
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California Oil & Gas Setbacks Recommendations Memo

February 23, 2021
The purpose of this memo is to recommend guidelines to CalGEM for evaluating the economic value of the social benefits and costs to people and the environment in requiring a 2,500 foot setback for oil and gas drilling (OGD) activities.
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Oil and Gas Wells on California State Lands

February 12, 2021
The fossil fuel industry has historically taken advantage of…
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Industrial Impacts in Michigan: A Photo Essay & Story Map

January 29, 2021
Southwest Detroit and neighboring South Rockwood in Monroe County…
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People and Production: Reducing Risk in California Extraction

December 17, 2020
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Executive Summary New research shows that low-income communities…
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Documenting emissions from new oil and gas wells in California

November 18, 2020
  Working with the environmental nonprofit Earthworks,…
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Energy Security, International Investment, and Democracy in the US Shale Oil & Gas Industry

October 15, 2020
 
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Straight Talk on the Future of Fracking Jobs in Pennsylvania

October 14, 2020
Fracking has been raised as an issue that could determine the…
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FracTracker in the Field: Building a Live Virtual Map

August 14, 2020
  August 19, 2020 Update: The virtual story map is live! In…
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The Loyalsock Watershed Project

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Mapping Gathering Lines in Ohio and West Virginia

July 2, 2020
As a spring 2020 intern with FracTracker, my work mostly involved…
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Oil & Gas waste tank operated by SWEPI and Enervest at the Hayes pad, Otsego County, Michigan May 21st, 2016

The North Dakota Shale Viewer Reimagined: Mapping the Water and Waste Impact

June 18, 2020
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We updated the FracTracker North Dakota Shale Viewer with current…
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Falcon Pipeline Construction Releases over 250,000 Gallons of Drilling Fluid in Pennsylvania and Ohio

June 16, 2020
Part of the Falcon Public Environmental Impact Assessment - a…
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Systematic Racism in Kern County Oil and Gas Permitting Ordinance

June 8, 2020
Kern County, California has approved at least 18,356 illegal…
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Fracking Water Use in Pennsylvania Increases Dramatically

May 29, 2020
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Unconventional wells in Pennsylvania were always resource-intensive,…
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New Yorkers mount resistance against North Brooklyn Pipeline

May 18, 2020
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By Kim Fraczek (Sane Energy Project), with input and mapping…
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Map of New 2020 Fracking Permits in California

California, Back in Frack

May 7, 2020
California is once again a fracked state. The moratorium on well…
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California Setback Analyses Summary

April 2, 2020
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FracTracker Alliance has conducted numerous spatial analyses…
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Petrochemical development in the Houston, Texas areaPhoto by Ted Auch, FracTracker Alliance, with aerial support by LightHawk

COVID-19 and the oil & gas industry

March 24, 2020
COVID-19 and the oil and gas industry are at odds. Air pollution…
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Air Pollution from Pennsylvania Shale Gas Compressor Stations – REPORT

March 19, 2020
Air pollution from Pennsylvania shale gas compressor stations…
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New York State Oil & Gas Wells – 2020 Update

March 11, 2020
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We’ve recently updated the New York State Oil and Gas Well…
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National Energy and Petrochemical Map

February 28, 2020
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This map from FracTracker Alliance is filled with energy and petrochemical data. Explore the map, continue reading to learn more, and see how your state measures up!
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Governor Newsom Must Do More to Address the Cause of Oil Spill Surface Expressions

February 24, 2020
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Chevron and other oil and gas companies in western Kern County…
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Governor Newsom Well Watch website for California drilling

Oil & Gas Well Permits Issued By Newsom Administration Rival Those Issued Under Gov. Jerry Brown

February 22, 2020
FracTracker Alliance and Consumer Watchdog worked together to…
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Pipelines Continue to Catch Fire and Explode

February 21, 2020
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For the past decade, petroleum operators in the United States…
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The Hidden Inefficiencies and Environmental Costs of Fracking in Ohio

January 13, 2020
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Ohio continues to increase fracked gas production, facilitated…
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Fracking in Pennsylvania: Not Worth It

January 7, 2020
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Despite the ever-increasing heaps of violations and drilling…
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Captina Creek Watershed FeaturePhoto by Ted Auch, FracTracker Alliance

Fracking Threatens Ohio’s Captina Creek Watershed

December 20, 2019
FracTracker's Great Lakes Program Coordinator Ted Auch explores…
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The Circular Economy: What it means for Fracking and Plastic

November 24, 2019
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California is Frack Free, for the Moment

November 19, 2019
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How State Regulations Hold Us back and What Other Countries are doing about Fracking

October 10, 2019
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While it might be tempting to welcome an industry that often creates a temporary economic spike, the costs of mitigating the environmental damage from fracking far out-weighs the profit gained.
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New Method for Locating Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells is Tested in New York State

September 17, 2019
Guest blog by Natalia N. Romanzo, graduate student, Binghamton…
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Ohio Secret Fracking Chemicals Report

Ohio’s Secret Fracking Chemicals

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Abandoned Wells in Pennsylvania: We’re Not Doing Enough

August 8, 2019
Pennsylvania does not have adequate plan to address thousands of dangerous abandoned natural gas and oil wells within the state. FracTracker intern Isabelle Weber gives recommendations to address this widespread issue.
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Wildness Lost – Pine Creek

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The Underlying Politics and Unconventional Well Fundamentals of an Appalachian Storage Hub

July 23, 2019
FracTracker is closely mapping and following the petrochemical…
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Permitting New Oil and Gas Wells Under the Newsom Administration

July 11, 2019
California regulators halt well permitting after Consumer Watchdog…
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Mapping the Petrochemical Build-Out Along the Ohio River

July 10, 2019
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New maps show the build-out of oil and gas infrastructure that…
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Urban Drilling in Los Angeles

Impact of a 2,500′ Oil and Gas Well Setback in California

July 2, 2019
Why does California need setbacks? A new bill proposed by California…
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Production and Location Trends in PA: A Moving Target

June 10, 2019
The FracTracker Alliance tends to look mostly at the impacts…
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Who Pays? Health and Economic Impacts of Fracking in Pennsylvania

May 28, 2019
Since the advent of unconventional shale gas drilling, some effects…
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The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet

May 16, 2019
Plastic has been getting a lot of negative press lately. It’s…
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The Falcon Public Monitoring Project

May 8, 2019
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Part of the Falcon Public EIA Project In March of 2019, two…
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Release: The 2019 You Are Here map launches, showing New York’s hurdles to climate leadership

April 24, 2019
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For Immediate Release Contact: Lee Ziesche, lee@saneenergyproject.org,…
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Idle Wells are a Major Risk

April 3, 2019
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Designating a well as "idle" is a temporary solution for operators,…
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Literally Millions of Failing, Abandoned Wells

March 29, 2019
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By Kyle Ferrar, Western Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance In…
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Wicked Witch of the Waste

March 7, 2019
The Great Plains has become the unconventional oil & gas…
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The Growing Web of Oil and Gas Pipelines

February 28, 2019
Although the vast majority of scientists agree that we must…
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destroyed home following pipeline explosion in San Bruno, CA

Unnatural Disasters

February 8, 2019
Guest blog by Meryl Compton, policy associate with Frontier Group Roughly…
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Getting Rid of All of that Waste – Increasing Use of Oil and Gas Injection Wells in Pennsylvania

January 31, 2019
Oil and gas development generates a lot of liquid waste. Some…
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Bird's eye view of an injection well (oil and gas waste disposal)

A Disturbing Tale of Diminishing Returns in Ohio

January 9, 2019
Utica oil and gas production, Class II injection well volumes,…
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Pennsylvania Drilling Trends in 2018

January 8, 2019
With the new year underway, it's an opportune moment to reflect…
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