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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…
Shell Ethane Cracker

A Formula for Disaster: Calculating Risk at the Ethane Cracker

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by Leann Leiter, Environmental Health Fellow map & analysis…
Offshore oil and gas development in CA - Photo by Linda Krop Environmental Defense Center

More offshore drilling and “fracking” in California

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Offshore oil and gas development is expanding in CA. This article…
For the Susquehanna River Basin Impacts Project

An Introduction to the Susquehanna River Basin Impacts Project

By the FracTracker Alliance In partnership with the Pennsylvania…