Explore our site’s various articles about air, water, and waste as they relate to oil and gas. Use the tags to filter for specific themes.
Lycoming Watershed Digital Atlas
Ohio & Fracking Waste: The Case for Better Waste Management
Insights on Ohio’s massive fracking waste gap, Class II injection well activity, and fracking waste related legislation
Impacts of 2020 Colonial Pipeline Rupture Continue to Grow
In August 2020, the Colonial Pipeline ruptured, spilling an estimated 1.2 million gallons of gasoline—18 times more than originally reported.
Gas Storage Plan vs. Indigenous Rights in Nova Scotia
The Mi’kmaq First Nations people are facing threats to their lands and water due to plans in Nova Scotia proposed by AltaGas.
Trends in fracking waste coming to New York State from Pennsylvania
Over the past decade, New York State has seen a steep decline in the quantity of waste products from the fracking industry sent to its landfills for disposal. Explore FracTracker's 2020 updated data.
Risky Byhalia Connection Pipeline Threatens Tennessee & Mississippi Health, Water Supply
The proposed Byhalia Connection pipeline project is situated in a particularly problematic intersection where environmental justice, hydrology, geology, and risks to human and environmental health intersect.
Pennsylvania’s Waste Disposal Wells – A Tale of Two Datasets
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California Oil & Gas Setbacks Recommendations Memo
The purpose of this memo is to recommend guidelines to CalGEM for evaluating the economic value of the social benefits and costs to people and the environment in requiring a 2,500 foot setback for oil and gas drilling (OGD) activities.
Fracking Waste in the Appalachian Basin – A Story Map
The production of fracking waste in the Appalachian Basin…
Undermined: Voices from the Frontlines of Frac Sand Mining
FracTracker and Public Lab, with support from Save the Hills Alliance, produced "Undermined," an audio story featuring interviews with three residents impacted by the Hi-Crush Mine in Augusta, Wisconsin.
Documenting emissions from new oil and gas wells in California
Working with the environmental nonprofit Earthworks,…
Incinerators: Dinosaurs in the world of energy generation
In this article, we’ll take a look at the current…
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