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Screenshot from Vulnerable Populations Map

Sensitive Receptors near Fracked Oil & Gas Wells

FracTracker Alliance has been working with the Frontier Group…
Pipeline build out - Photo by Sierra Shamer - Oil and gas pipeline
Colonial Pipeline and site of Sept 2016 leak in Alabama

A Proper Picture of the Colonial Pipeline’s Past

On September 9, 2016 a pipeline leak was detected from the Colonial…
Chieftain Sands - Chetek WI Mine North

Frac Sand Photos Available on FracTracker.org

With the advent of hydraulic fracturing to increase production…
Wastewater Disposal Facility in Colorado

Groundwater Threats in Colorado

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FracTracker has been increasingly looking at oil and gas drilling…
Energy-related story maps

Energy-Related Story Maps for Grades 6-10

Over the past half year, FracTracker staffer Karen Edelstein…
Zoning in SW PA map
Starved Rock State Park by Michelle McCray

How Frac Sand Mining is Altering an Economy Dependent on Starved Rock State Park, IL

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An Ottawa, IL resident’s letter to U.S. Silica regarding how…
The BP Whiting, IN Oil Refinery

US Oil Refineries and Economic Justice

How annual incomes in the shadow of oil refineries compare to…
Mariner East 2 Pipeline Route

Mariner East 2 and Watershed Risks

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Mariner East 2 (ME 2) is a $2.5 billion, 350 mile-long pipeline…

New York: A Sunshine State!

It's difficult to talk about the risks of oil and gas extraction…
Bill Hughes giving tour to students in shale fields, WV

A Cross-Country Ride to Support Oil and Gas Tours in West Virginia

As many of you know, educating the public is a FracTracker…