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Mysterious leak near Porterville Compressor Station, NY
Last month, FracTracker Alliance featured a blog entry and map…

Mapping a new vision in PA: Alternatives to petrochemical development
At a Re-Imagine Beaver County gathering in Pennsylvania earlier…

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…

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
Highlighting the maps of radioactive oil and gas exploration…

Ohio Shale Activity, Waste Disposal, and Public Water Supplies
Ohio is unique relative to its Appalachian neighbors in the Marcellus…

World Class Dunes and Great Lakes Barrens at Risk at Ludington
By Dave Dister, Consulting Ecologist, Ludington, MI
One of the…

Northern Access Project: Exporting PA’s Marcellus Gas Northward
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…

Remaining Questions on Mariner East Technical Deficiencies
In the summer of 2015, Sunoco Logistics submitted applications…

A Formula for Disaster: Calculating Risk at the Ethane Cracker
by Leann Leiter, Environmental Health Fellow
map & analysis…

More offshore drilling and “fracking” in California
Offshore oil and gas development is expanding in CA. This article…