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Permitting New Oil and Gas Wells Under the Newsom Administration

California regulators halt well permitting after Consumer Watchdog…

Mapping the Petrochemical Build-Out Along the Ohio River

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

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

Why does California need setbacks? A new bill proposed by California…

Pennsylvanians Demand a Response to Rare Cancer Cases, Other Health Impacts

New research on fracking health impacts, combined with unusually…

Production and Location Trends in PA: A Moving Target

The FracTracker Alliance tends to look mostly at the impacts…

Who Pays? Health and Economic Impacts of Fracking in Pennsylvania

Since the advent of unconventional shale gas drilling, some effects…

The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet

Plastic has been getting a lot of negative press lately. It’s…

The Falcon Public Monitoring Project

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Part of the Falcon Public EIA Project In March of 2019, two…

Release: The 2019 You Are Here map launches, showing New York’s hurdles to climate leadership

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For Immediate Release Contact: Lee Ziesche, lee@saneenergyproject.org,…

An Earth Day Tribute to Bill Hughes

In March 2019, Bill Hughes, environmental defender extraordinaire…
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Idle Wells are a Major Risk

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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

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By Kyle Ferrar, Western Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance In…