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The Shale Gas & Oil Health Registry: A Collective Step to Track the Impacts of Fracking

"It's all about facts. Documented facts..." … asserted a county…

Radium Watersheds a Risk

By Greg Pace - Columbus Community Bill of Rights, and Julie Weatherington-Rice…
Porterville incident map

Mysterious leak near Porterville Compressor Station, NY

Last month, FracTracker Alliance featured a blog entry and map…
Re-imagine Beaver County meeting - Photo by Sophie Riedel

Mapping a new vision in PA: Alternatives to petrochemical development

At a Re-Imagine Beaver County gathering in Pennsylvania earlier…
34 states with active drilling activity in US map

34 states have active oil & gas activity in U.S. based on 2016 analysis

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Each year, FracTracker Alliance compiles a national well file…
For schools and hospitals analysis, 2017

How close are schools and hospitals to drilling activity in West Virginia and Ohio?

A review of WV and OH drilling activity and its proximity…

Oil and Gas Wastes are Radioactive – and Lack Regulatory Oversight

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Highlighting the maps of radioactive oil and gas exploration…
Koontz Class II Injection Well, Trumbull County, Ohio, (41.22806065, -80.87669281) with 260,278 barrels (10,020,704 gallons) of fracking waste having been processed between Q3-2010 and Q3-2012 (Note: Q1-2016 volumes have yet to be reported!).

Ohio Shale Activity, Waste Disposal, and Public Water Supplies

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Ohio is unique relative to its Appalachian neighbors in the Marcellus…
Dunes, Great Lakes Barrens at Risk

World Class Dunes and Great Lakes Barrens at Risk at Ludington

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By Dave Dister, Consulting Ecologist, Ludington, MI One of the…
Northern Access Project - pipeline map

Northern Access Project: Exporting PA’s Marcellus Gas Northward

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In March 2015, the National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation and Empire…

Power Plants & Other Facilities Now on Ohio Oil & Gas Map

Over the last few months we've been busy working on some updates…
Mariner East Technical Difficulties map

Remaining Questions on Mariner East Technical Deficiencies

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In the summer of 2015, Sunoco Logistics submitted applications…