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Desalination: The Chemical Industry’s Demand for Water in Texas

By Ted Auch, PhD/September 19, 2022 / 5 minute read
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Overview

Two years ago, we published our first look at present and future impacts of the petrochemical industry on the Corpus Christi region of Southeastern Texas. We called this story map and short film “Channels of Life: The Gulf Coast Buildout in Texas” (See map below) and that project was largely funded by the good people at the Coastal Alliance to Protect Our Environment (CAPE). During that trip to the region, we learned about the petrochemical industry’s grand plans for nearly a dozen desalination facilities (often referred to as “desal” facilities) that they would need to expand their “cracker” and refinery infrastructure throughout the region.

Today, the threat desalination facilities pose to fragile ecosystems in Southeastern Texas continue as the industry pushes regulatory agencies for permits to begin construction. In this article, we provide an update about recent events in the ongoing fight against “desal” in the Corpus Christi region.

Channels of Life: The Gulf Coast Buildout in TX

This StoryMap illustrates the impacts of oil and gas infrastructure from San Antonio down to Corpus Christi and then up the Gulf Coast to Houston with detailed information and locations for proposed petrochemical infrastructure in the Corpus Christi Bay region, including proposed desalination plants and their proposed daily water usage and brine production.

Place your cursor over the image and scroll down to advance the StoryMap.

Click on the icon in the bottom left to view the legend.

Scroll to the end of the StoryMap to learn more and access the data sources.

View Full Size Map | Updated 9/19/2022 | Map Tutorial

Desalination Impacts

With names like Cheniere, Exxon, Sabic, Flint Hills Resources involved in these proposals, why would anyone have a need to worry? Well, the answer is that everyone that lives within the greater Nueces River Basin has been extremely worried about these desal proposals and their likely impact on the quality and quantity of water available to them, the region’s prized fisheries, and the ecological jewel of the region, the Aransas Wildlife Refuge, home to the last refuges of the Whooping Crane and Pink Spoonbill (the latter’s viability long-term is already extremely tenuous and well documented). Another example of how these facilities would greatly compromise the region and its estuaries is the fact that effluent from just one of these desalination plants on Harbor Island “…will be discharged via pipe directly to Corpus Christi Bay in Segment No. 2481 of the Bays and Estuaries. The designated uses for Segment No. 2481 are primary recreation, exceptional aquatic life use, and oyster waters.”

The desalination proposals would have a combined intake of 317 billion gallons per year and a brine discharge volume of 213 billion gallons dramatically altering the volume of the water in the bay as well as, and maybe more importantly, the salinity of an already fragile ecosystem.

Even in the face of significant resistance the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) in concert with the former President Trump’s EPA was in the process of fast tracking all these proposals under the guise of economic progress and reducing the friction that was in place in other parts of The Gulf and the country for petrochemical expansion. However, with a change in administration, the US EPA pivoted and decided to send the TCEQ a “Notice of Termination – Permit Review Waiver for Desalination Facility Permits” almost a year ago to the day. For a review of this notice please refer to our analysis of this development last November. 

According to CAPE lead organizer Errol Summerlin, the primary issue is the fact that TCEQ considers every single discharge into the waters of Texas as minor. This treatment of massive industrial discharges as “minor” by TCEQ was the primary aspect of these projects that sparked the ire of the EPA. Those in opposition to this permit are suggesting that TCEQ must change its policy so that all discharge rates are not rubber stamped as minor. The determination of whether a discharge is major or minor can be distilled down to the following six factors according to CAPE’s Errol Summerlin (For more on these factors and the TCEQ scoring of the this project refer to the file labeled “1 – TCEQ Completed Major Minor WS (1)” in the relevant documents Box folder listed below):

  1. Toxic potential of “process wastewater” (Roughly how toxic would a given source of wastewater be given the industrial process involved)
    1. Opponents point out that this score of 0 is dubious at best.
  2. Flow Volume
    1. Opponents contest the flow volume assumptions being limited to Type III Flow > Million Gallons Per Day (MGD) (See Page 1 of 1 – TCEQ Completed Major Minor WS (1)).
  3. Amount of “conventional pollutants” (amount of certain pollutants particularly statutorily recognized in the 1972 Clean Water Act Amendments)
  4. Public health impact (Is there a drinking water supply nearby?)
  5. Water quality factors (prior problems of receiving waters)
  6. Proximity to certain protected estuaries
    1.  Opponents contest this score of 4.5 primarily because this factor is almost entirely a function of Flow Volume above and the fact that this proposal would have a dramatic impact on the “Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program” which is one of 28 designated estuaries that are part of the EPA’s own “National Estuary Program Study Areas” (See National Estuary Program (NEP) map here).  

Those that are in opposition to the TCEQ permitting process for desalination facilities have pointed out that, “EPA regulations basically say that ‘in coordination with the state’ the EPA regional administrator can exercise discretion to declare any discharge he or she wants to as a ‘major’ source.  That’s part of what renders TCEQ’s position so ridiculous on this. As we see it, if the EPA Regional Administrator says a source is major, then it’s major. Period.”

For more detail on the points being raised by the groups opposing this process read a brief, non-technical explanation of the major/minor classification issues written by Errol Summerlin at the folder below labeled “Email_CorpusChristi_Desalination_MajorMinor” and for a detailed outline of the US EPA’s criteria for major and minor discharges refer to the document labeled “EPA_Major_Minor_Discharge_Worksheet_Instructions.pdf” in the link at the bottom of this piece.

Needless to say, this letter had a chilling effect on the petrochemical’s assumed route of the Corpus Christi area in the name of plastics production, LNG export, and all manner of related profit streams. It is an example of what the federal government has a mandate to do in actually flexing that muscle in the face of overwhelming industry lobbying and financial might especially in a state where nearly every agency has been extremely cozy with the industry since their inception.

Now we have the latest missive from the EPA to the TCEQ in the form of a letter written at the close of business just over a week ago today. In her letter to the TCEQ chairman Jon Niermann EPA Region 6 administrator Dr. Earthea Nance wrote:

As noted in our March 1, 2022, letter, if the TCEQ issues TPDES Permit No. TX0138347 (WQ0005253000) to the POCC without responding to the EPA’s Interim Objection or providing the EPA an opportunity to review the proposed permit in violation of the provisions of CWA Section 402, the implementing regulations at 40 C.F.R. Part § 123, and the Memorandum of Agreement, the EPA’s position will be that it is not a validly issued final National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit.

As you may be aware, Section 316(b) of the CWA and its implementing regulations establish requirements and conditions for cooling water intake structures where water is withdrawn from a water of the United States for cooling purposes. These requirements address the design, construction, and location of intake structures and technology used to minimize adverse environmental impacts to aquatic life. It is the EPA’s understanding that the TCEQ concluded that the facility does not propose to use water for cooling purposes and therefore is not subject to the requirements of CWA § 316(b). However, the EPA has questions/concerns regarding the current and/or future use of water withdrawals from the facility’s intake structure and its continued compliance with CWA § 316(b).

Dr. Nance knows of what she writes having already had an exemplary career as a researcher, prior to being named Region 6 administrator by President Biden, at Texas Southern and the University of New Orleans looking at “the intersection of environmental hazards, community participation, and urban infrastructure in complex settings such as vulnerable communities, developing countries, and high-hazard areas.”

As CAPE lead organizer Errol Summerlin wrote in an email to concerned citizens regarding Region 6’s suggestion that Bluewater Texas Terminals withdraw and revise its permit application:

“This second statement addresses the issue that we have been raising about all of the Water Rights Permits being sought by the Port and the City and which they refuse to acknowledge…the water from these desal operations will go to industry, which will use the region’s “new” water supply for cooling and purposes.” 

During the TCEQ Commissioners hearing on September 7, 2022, Craig Bennett, the lawyer for the protestants including the Port Aransas Conservancy (PAC) and CAPE, pointed out that nine of the state’s most highly qualified aquatic ecologists and water quality experts have testified that the Bluewater proposal, and by association all industry desalination proposals in the region, is a horrible idea. Even the state’s own Office of Public Insurance Counsel stressed its continued opposition to the Bluewater desalination proposal (51:30 here) as did Texas’ Parks and Wildlife Department.

After several hours of debate and hearing from lawyers in favor of and opposed to the permit, the commission voted for a two-week continuation on this particular issue. Interestingly, towards the end of this hearing, PAC lawyer Craig Bennett indicated that PAC would stand down if the discharged brine were piped offshore and while this would do much to address the impacts of brine on The Bay and its fragile estuaries not all opponents are united with PAC in viewing such a concession as enough.

Figure 1. Phillips 66, Dow Chemicals, and Hunstman Petrochemical Complex, Freeport, Texas.

The Take Away

We will continue to update our coverage of the Corpus Christi fight with the EPA and the industry’s growing and seemingly unquenchable demand for water in The Gulf. Until then, we encourage our audience to review all relevant documents for this case at the link below and head on over to the extremely informative websites of the Port Aransas Conservancy and CAPE.

References & Where to Learn More

Link to relevant documents including the language that differentiates major and minor discharge

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Russia Ukraine Energy Map

Mapping Energy Systems Impacted by the Russia-Ukraine War

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April 20, 2022
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

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April 11, 2022
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

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April 6, 2022
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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Permitting Aggregate Mines in Michigan Poses Very Serious Consequences

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March 30, 2022
Varying across municipalities, mine permitting in Michigan can bring very serious consequences. This is the second of a two-part series.
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A Guide to Petrochemicals, the Fossil Fuel Blindspot

A complete guide to the social, environmental, and economic risks associated with the petrochemical industry in the United States
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New Trends in Drilling Permit Approvals Take Shape in CA

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March 15, 2022
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

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March 14, 2022
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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Ten Things I learned from Taking Break Free From Plastic’s Toxic Tours

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February 8, 2022
FracTracker's Erica Jackson outlines ten things she learned in Break Free From Plastic's virtual Toxic Tours.
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PFAS wells in Colorado Feature

New Report: Fracking with “Forever Chemicals” in Colorado

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January 31, 2022
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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Sylvanian Minerals frac sand mine in South Rockwood, Michigan.

Permitting Aggregate Mines under Michigan’s Zoning Enabling Act

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January 24, 2022
This guest article outlines the role of local government in determining Michigan's frac sand permitting and explores how decisions can vary.
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Oil and gas wells and violations in Pennsylvania through 1/12/2022.

Introducing: FracTracker’s comprehensive new Pennsylvania map!

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January 20, 2022
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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Upper Ohio River in Beaver County: Impact of Petrochemical Facility Discharge on the Community and What’s Behind This Long Battle

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January 4, 2022
The petrochemical industry on the Ohio River regularly discharges wastewater into the river, toxic pollution harmful to public and environmental health.
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Petrochemical Toxics in the Ohio River Watershed

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December 21, 2021
A look at the petrochemical industry’s footprint in the Ohio River Watershed and how much toxic pollution is discharged into waterways.
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New Letter from Federal Regulators Regarding how the Falcon has Been Investigated

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December 1, 2021
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

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December 1, 2021
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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Fracking Wastewater Concerns Resurface on Pennsylvania Roads as the DEP Undergoes an Evaluation of Coproduct Determinations

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November 10, 2021
Though a 2018 legal win resulted in a statewide ban on the practice, unauthorized brine spreading in PA continues. Guest post by Fair Shake.
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Oil and gas companies use a lot of water to extract oil in drought-stricken California

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November 9, 2021
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

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November 5, 2021
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

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November 1, 2021
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

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October 29, 2021
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

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September 14, 2021
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

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September 14, 2021
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

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September 9, 2021
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

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August 26, 2021
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

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August 24, 2021
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

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August 5, 2021
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

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August 2, 2021
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

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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

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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

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July 15, 2021
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

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June 30, 2021
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

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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

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May 20, 2021
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

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May 19, 2021
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

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April 20, 2021
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

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April 1, 2021
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

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March 17, 2021
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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The fight to protect Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

March 12, 2021
Regulatory actions to open ANWR for drilling in ANWR have significant and potentially grievous implications for Alaska’s Native peoples, and do not bode well for Alaska’s air, water, and landscape, and the biodiverse species such as the Porcupine caribou that call it home.
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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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Mapping intersectionality: Empowering youth addressing plastics

March 3, 2021
VIEW MAP & DATA Overview A new collaboration between FracTracker…
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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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Channels of Life: The Gulf Coast Buildout in Texas

December 23, 2020
It’s been a little over a year since I visited the Texas Gulf…
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CA Setbacks Map

People and Production: Reducing Risk in California Extraction

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December 17, 2020
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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Incinerators: Dinosaurs in the world of energy generation

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October 19, 2020
  In this article, we’ll take a look at the current…
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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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Mariner East 2 Causes Dozens of Spills Since Lockdown Began, Over 300 in Total

September 17, 2020
FracTracker Alliance has released a new map of drilling fluid…
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New York State Closes the Fracking Waste Loophole

August 28, 2020
Overview On August 3, 2020, New Yorkers rejoiced in Governor…
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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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Trends in Proposed State Legislation to Weaken Environmental Regulations

July 9, 2020
As the oil and gas industry feels pressure from former allies…
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Industry Targets Peaceful Protest via “Critical Infrastructure” Legislation

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July 9, 2020
By Ted Auch, PhD, Great Lakes Program Coordinator and Shannon…
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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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PA Grand Jury on Environmental Crimes Reveals Regulatory Failures

June 26, 2020
For the past two years, a grand jury empaneled by Pennsylvania…
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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

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June 18, 2020
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

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May 29, 2020
Unconventional wells in Pennsylvania were always resource-intensive,…
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North Brooklyn Pipeline demographics map

New Yorkers mount resistance against North Brooklyn Pipeline

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May 18, 2020
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

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April 2, 2020
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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Compressor station within Loyalsock State Forest, PA.

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

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March 11, 2020
We’ve recently updated the New York State Oil and Gas Well…
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Early Construction (2016) of Shell Ethane Cracker in Monaca, Beaver County, Pennsylvania

House Bill 1100: What you need to know

March 5, 2020
Pennsylvania’s House Bill 1100, sponsored by state Rep. Mike…
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National Energy and Petrochemical Map

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February 28, 2020
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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California Governor Gavin Newsom looks at surface expression oil spills

Governor Newsom Must Do More to Address the Cause of Oil Spill Surface Expressions

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February 24, 2020
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

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

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

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January 7, 2020
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

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October 10, 2019
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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